The Palace of Courage is a fortress-like palace group. It was built when Lord Olga was still alive, and it was not completed until his death. Therefore, after the second supreme king Madias ascended the throne, in order to show his loyalty and filial piety and memorial to Lord Olga, he spared no expense to build a statue at the highest point of Lord Olga in accordance with Lord Olga's most noble image.
It also became the most obvious sign of the entire Palace of Courage.
The entire Palace of Courage covers an area of ​​15 square kilometers and is divided into inner city and outer city. It can be said to be a completely independent small city. The outer city has a wall of up to 50 meters high. It is based on a granite platform. The guard wall has double rows of alloy giant columns every 500 meters to form its support. The main body of the wall is made of polished granite, which appears in a perfect cylindrical shape.
There are a large number of platforms crisscrossing on the guard wall, and various spire castles are surrounded by towering steps. Huge weapons sit on them and proudly look down at the civilian world outside the wall.
After entering the exterior wall, these steps sink step by step, with many exquisite buildings inside, partly the mansions of the nobles, partly the residences of bureaucrats, servants and other people of prominent status serving the royal family. Houses built with exquisitely carved wood and stone are arranged according to status and class, and the walls of all buildings are shining with dazzling white marble.
There are four huge central towers in the exterior wall, and their towering and gradient shapes are all wrapped in thick alloys.
This is the base of the royal attendant mecha, also known as the guard tower. More than 140 royal attendants and their mechas are stationed in these towers, waiting for orders from the Supreme King at any time. They will patrol the outer city in the form of a team and monitor everything that happens in the city.
Corresponding to the four guarding towers is a main road around the city and four separate paths along with the exterior wall and the interior wall. Each of these four separate paths is 80 meters wide, and together with the gates in the four directions of the exterior wall, each of which is as high as a hundred meters, is the only way to enter the Palace of Courage.
However, these doors will not open when there is no command. The huge engine stands on the guard wall, coordinating huge chains. Each link of these chains is a giant. They control the elevators outside the wall, and each operation is enough to bring hundreds of people and their vehicles into the city. There are smaller elevators on the edge of each terrace for those who are not as high as they are.
Everyone knows that there is only one situation where the door to the exterior wall will open-
The Supreme King ordered a grand knight parade, or war, when the huge knight mecha would step out of the inner city, showing their power and glory with bright colorful flags.
Today, all the doors are open, and the guards in armor are arranged on the wall. The streets where people come and go are already empty. All the attendants and mechas walked out of the guard tower, stood on both sides of the main road of the city, and quietly assumed their own guard duties.
Sitting in a mechanical carriage, Basri, wearing a noble knight's uniform, tidied his two neat beards in front of the mirror. He was already thirty-four years old and had some traces of time on his face, which made him look more like someone he dared to mention at home.
Then he returned the mirror to his wife in good clothes, and the other party smiled gently at him. As the daughter of a farmer, her identity is not very low, but compared to a genuine noble like Basri, she still belongs to the ranks of "untouchables". Therefore, their marriage initially attracted a lot of criticism, but Basri has an incredible fate with his wife. He believes that love is far more important than the so-called status. Fortunately, the Supreme King Madias finally made a guarantee for his marriage, which made these criticisms barely disappear.
Of course, Barris' status was still damaged by his choice to intermarry with civilians, but he did not think it was a bad thing, or that love with his wife had a certain meaning of "escape".
He just wanted to stay away from the core circle of the nobles. Since he was 20 years old, Barris realized that the more marginal he was, the more inconspicuous he was, the safer he was.
Barris may not be a brave warrior, but he is a very delicate person. The rumors that have been circulating for so many years have long made him realize the secrets of his life experience. He knew that if he wanted to survive, he had to be low-key or even humble enough, and preferably he had to appear weak, because this is the most despised quality of the knights.
He had never thought of fighting for power and profit so much. He just wanted to live a peaceful life with his family, even if his descendants were no longer knights.
This is a peaceful world, much stronger than most worlds in the empire. Perhaps this is also what his father hopes for him...
but--
Barris looked down at the pocket watch in his hand, where there was a family photo, and there was a boy in the middle of the wife's arms.
Sere, his son, is so similar to Grand Duke Olga, not only in appearance, but also in ability and even in character, and is likely to have attracted the attention of the Supreme King.
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop—
Barris sighed lightly and turned to look out the window. The carriage had descended from the elevator and galloped towards the inner city along the special passage for the nobles. On the road, you can also see carriages with other noble badges galloping.
Just look up slightly, Barris can see the posture of Grand Duke Olga bowing his head and praying reflected in the sun. It seems to be the brilliant symbol of the DuPont Derlin family's rise and the highest point of the Palace of Courage.
Today, he seems to be watching himself-
"Master, you look so melancholy. Shouldn't today be a good day?"
Perhaps because he realized that her husband's mood was something wrong today, Barris's wife immediately asked softly.
"Are you still worried about Sere?"
Hearing his son's name, Barris chuckled and shook his head.
"That kid doesn't need me to worry now... But it surprised me that the Knights Academy did not let them back. This time the commander of the battle visited the Knights Academy, it is said that he would not go to the Knights Academy..."
"This is not necessarily the case, what if that person wants to see what the trainee knights learn?"
"You have never seen him or dealt with Astarte. Although I was still young at that time, I could also feel that they were cold and pragmatic warriors. The commander of the war team was probably only concerned about the combat effectiveness of the family, and would not care about so many trivial matters."
After a slight bump in the carriage, they came to a separate suspension bridge and quickly passed rows of giant columns to a cylindrical passage through the granite platform.
As long as they pass here, they will enter the real palace area of ​​the Palace of Courage. Generally, no one can enter this area without an imperial edict. The Supreme King has been erecting authority and rules, and naturally formulated many complicated etiquettes.
Chapter completed!