Royal territory, deep underground in the tower.

Cornes and Byron came to the outside of the door together. As soon as they entered, they saw nothing. A strong fishy smell hit their faces, and then they saw a large amount of gray smoke, completely

Can't see clearly what's behind the door.

"What kind of smell is this, Cornes? This is the place you want to come in. Could it be a cesspit?" Byron joked, covering his nose.

"Go, go, don't cooperate with me if you find it smelly," Cornes said angrily, "And how do I know why it smells so bad?"

Since the smoke not only stun their noses, but stayed inside for too long, it would also hurt their eyes, so the two had to stand outside and wait for the smoke to dissipate.

After a while, a figure came out of the depths of the smoke. Byron suddenly became alert and nervous about someone arriving first, but Cornes remained calm and composed.

After the other party came to the two of them, Cornes introduced him to Byron.

"This is my daughter, Elena."

"Tsk, you told me in advance if you wanted your daughter to stay in there. It made me break out in a cold sweat."

"Huh? Lord Byron, are you scared?" Cornes laughed.

"Aren't you scared when a person suddenly appears in such a weird place?"

Cornes shook his head, and Byron looked behind him again at the man leaning against the door.

"Cohen, are you scared?"

"Me? Of course I'm not afraid," Cohen spread his hands, "I only have one life, so there's nothing to be afraid of. What's more, I can sense traces of Miss Elena's magic power, and I immediately understood it."

"...I bet I'm the only ordinary person in this place, right?" Byron couldn't help but cover his face as he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Later, Elena reported the situation behind the gate, saying that the smoke was emitted after the corpse of the dragon-scale monitor lizard decomposed. If you stay inside for too long, it is likely to cause permanent damage to the body, so it is recommended

They wait outside for a moment while she gets rid of the smoke as soon as possible.

"Yes, yes," Cohen nodded, but changed the topic, "However, it should be handled by me, a big man. Miss Elena, you are so delicate and tender, you'd better not go in, otherwise

If you have any shortcomings, it will be hard to explain to your father."

Elena smiled slightly after hearing this, but ignored him.

"Go on, why are you the only one who talks a lot, and Cornes doesn't say anything at all?" Byron said sarcastically, "What? You really think you are a knight, and you are showing mercy here."

"Haha, little brother Cohen," Cornes walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "my daughter has elf blood, it doesn't matter if she does such a small thing, and I naturally believe in her ability, so I agreed to let her help.

, so the rest of us will just wait."

Cohen was actually really worried about Elena's safety, but she didn't have a problem with it herself, and her father also chose to believe her, so why should he meddle in her own business.

After about ten minutes, the smoke began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, Cohen discovered that the smoke had obviously been inhaled by something.

Soon, all the smoke disappeared, and Elena walked out again. This time she looked gray, her hair was a little messy, and her originally clear eyes turned red. It seemed that she was severely corroded by the smoke. Cohen was a little uncomfortable.

I couldn't bear to watch it.

As a result, Cornes slapped her directly, and she immediately lowered her head silently.

"It's so slow that we have to wait for a long time. I still believe in your ability so much. You are such a waste. No matter what you do, you can't satisfy me."

"Hey, you..." Cohen suddenly became angry, but Byron stopped him before he could say anything.

"I'm sorry, please punish me." Elena said softly.

"Get out! You have no qualifications!" Cornes yelled.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cohen broke away from Byron, but did not use force against this cruel father.

"She's your daughter, isn't it? Isn't this a good completion of the mission?"

"Cohen, shut up and go away." Byron said with a cold face.

"Huh, who are you," Cohen said leisurely, walked to the door frame, and then continued, "If Byron hadn't cooperated with you, I would have killed you right now... Oh, in that case Miss Elena

You might be sad, oh, it’s really hard to handle.”

Unexpectedly, Cornes was not angry after hearing this, but looked at Byron with a smile.

"Lord Byron, let's go in, don't waste time." After he finished speaking, he made an invitation gesture, as if he wanted Byron to take the lead.

Byron had no objection and strode in, followed closely by Cornes.

Cohen, however, continued to stay outside the door as if he was angry, so Elena walked over and took his hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Cohen, but I've long been used to it."

"What does it mean to be used to it! Really, I..." Cohen wanted to say something else, but he finally stopped.

"It really doesn't matter, Mr. Cohen, you'd better catch up quickly, otherwise, my father may treat Lord Byron..."

"..."

Cohen was speechless for a moment. He looked at Elena's eyes seriously and seemed to see something in them, so he quickly followed Byron's footsteps.

…

Soon, everyone arrived in the huge space behind the gate.

Without the obstruction of the smoke, everything here became extremely clear, but when I saw the huge thing in the middle, I felt very dreamy.

Not only Byron, but even Cornes was shocked. It was the first time for him to see such a spectacular thing.

"My dear, what is this?" Cohen raised his head and couldn't see the top of the object until his neck was sore.

Because what appeared in front of everyone was a huge giant with the same body structure as a human being, with limbs, a torso and a head, but even the smallest foot sole could completely cover and trample a noble mansion.

flat.

It is about a hundred meters tall, almost like a towering mountain. Its limbs are thick and thick, like the trunk of a giant tree that has grown for thousands of years. Its head seems to be covered with a huge knight's helmet, and its facial features are hidden in the shadow of the helmet.

among.

This giant has no biological characteristics. It is obviously some kind of artificial war weapon, but he does not know what materials it is made of. Byron only felt a biting coldness when he touched it.

Next, everyone was unable to calm down. They looked around at the giant's body, but could not reach the head for the time being.

Of course, it can be done with some effort, but Cornes doesn't think it's necessary now.

After a while, Cohen suddenly shouted, and Byron ran over quickly, only to see him pointing at a huge pattern on the giant's chest.

As a member of the royal family, Byron knew very well that this should be the flag pattern of the Elnos Empire, with a black background and a red stump of the world tree printed on it to commemorate the world that was a symbol of human territory but was brutally cut down.

The tree Uxir, but strangely, the world tree on this pattern is complete.

"This pattern..." Byron fell into deep thought.

"What? You don't even recognize the flag of the Elnos Empire?" Cornes couldn't help but sneer, "You're still a candidate for the throne."

"Humph, Cornes, you are so ignorant," Cohen retorted, and then explained, "Even a person with no education like me knows that this pattern is not the flag of the empire at all, but the symbol of the present empire.

Before that, there was the flag of another country that existed more than a thousand years ago."

"Oh?" Cornes had to admit that he had never heard of it.

"I only heard my father talk about it," Byron thought for a long time and finally spoke, "It's just that those things are too long ago for human beings. Even my father only heard about the last things left by that country.

This is the only pattern left, and it was printed in today’s history books as proof that humans existed more than a thousand years ago.”

"So, this thing is a product of that time?" Cornes guessed.

"It should be," Byron nodded and continued, "If you think about it carefully, the World Tree was still complete at that time, so it is natural for it to become the flag pattern of that country."

"Hmph, I don't care about those things," Cornes sneered, "Anyway, I'm in human... I mean, I've been investigating for so long and just wanted to know what the previous king was hiding here, although I vaguely guessed that it was someone

A weapon capable of subverting the entire world, but seeing it with your own eyes is eye-opening. Do you think that if you use this thing to deal with the demons, wouldn't you be able to win easily?"

When Byron heard this, he couldn't help laughing, but Cohen on the side expressed confusion.

"What's so funny about this?"

"Kenes, it's now time, there's no harm in telling him the truth." Byron continued to cover his mouth and laugh.

Cornes looked at him as if he were a fool, and then said.

"Brother Cohen, I guess you are the only one here who is still in the dark. In fact, I am one of the dark knights of the demon clan..."

However, before he finished speaking, Cohen's long sword was pressed against Cornes' neck. This was the holy sword lent to him by Emil, which could cause effective damage to demons.

"Humph, you don't need to tell me, I vaguely guessed it."

"Haha, is that right? That's good, I don't need to explain any more." Cornes remained calm and collected.

"But I still need an explanation," Cohen said in a cold tone, looking at the man covering his mouth and laughing, "Byron, why do you want to cooperate with the monster?"

"Ahem," Byron finally regained his composure and said nonchalantly, "You actually think you are a knight. You are just a little more capable of learning than ordinary people. Without me, you are nothing, so you have to

Listen to me, don't ask so many questions, you have two choices before you, either stay and I will let you enter the top level of the knight world after I ascend the throne, or get out of here, but in this case, since you already know

If you reveal our secret, you should understand what the consequences will be."

These words were obviously a threat, but what Byron didn't expect was that what Cohen hated most in his life was someone threatening him.

"Huh? You really have the airs of a king, but although I am not a serious person, let alone a messenger of justice, I still have principles. If you give up cooperating with monsters today, I promise to make you a king.

And if you don’t agree, don’t blame me and kill you too.”
To be continued...