Chapter 996
After resolving the commotion caused by the giant dragon, the black hair wizard amidst cheers and support, dismounted and rushed back to the Scarlet Castle Palace surrounded by the wings of the sky without stopping.
What the onlookers of Byrne Knight and the people saw was that his own duke stood alone with the giant dragon, which symbolized the empire, and achieved "victory".
The ferocious giant dragon "surrendered" to the duke's inviolable majesty, and after bowing his head to the duke-if that action can really be called "saluting"-Tengkongli go.
Even the giant dragon, a symbol of the empire, respects our duke so much;
What does this mean?
Does this mean that in the eyes of giant dragons, the Torino family is as noble as the bloodline of the Desalion family?
And the giant dragon did not leave, hovering over the Scarlet Blood Castle...what does this mean?
Does this also mean that our duke, like the Desalion family, has reached a certain agreement with the giant dragon-does it mean from now on, the Torino family is also the same as the Imperial Family? Have the qualifications to become a "dragon rider"?
If the Torino family can also become dragon riders, can they go further...
The Byrnes are keen on mythology, worship heroes, and feel that they live in Legendary all the time. In the world-often as long as they have a little "idea", they can write the rest of the story by themselves.
The Byers who fell into a certain kind of ecstasy and delusion were immersed in cheering excitedly, but none of them noticed that their duke’s full name was silent, and his face was cold.
"Duke, your expression is not very good..."
Follow closely from behind Lu Sien, a little worried: "Is the negotiation with the giant dragon not going well? "
"It’s not going well? no no no …Lucien, you misunderstood."
The black hair wizard turned around and barely squeezed a smile:
"It's so smooth!"
The gray pupil looked inexplicable, and he didn't know how to continue.
Lu Sien doesn't understand, yes... he certainly doesn't understand. If it is who is so "honoured" at once, I am afraid that he will not have second thoughts other than surprises.
A giant dragon ally who can communicate and will show up when you need help, even willing to fight with you-isn't this the setting of Dragon Knight in all Legendary novels? !
But here is the problem. Loren can get assistance from giant dragon, but he can't be Dragon Knight.
It's very simple, because he is not surnamed De Salion.
In this empire that relies on giant dragons to maintain unity and stability, the "dragon rider" can only be an Imperial Family privilege; and now, he is the lord of Duchy, but he has got the honor of the giant dragons. Favor...
Too much publicity, too much publicity.
Even if Loren can explain to Connold, even if the emperor and the Imperial Family can really understand-a crack is almost inevitable; the imperial nobles will even more regard Byrne as a thorn in the eye, and Byrne Nobles, I’m afraid that this will lead to some "great rebelliousness" thoughts...
Silver giant dragon Enzo, and giant dragons of Jufeng Mountain...Impossible will not understand the consequences and the consequences of doing so. The bad influence.
Even if you want to cooperate, even if you secretly muffle and make a fortune, why do you have to make a big fanfare?
Intentionally creating friction between themselves and the empire, what do they want to do?
An anger for being plotted against but unable to guess the reason, made the black hair wizard clenched his fist and walked into the round table hall without saying a word.
At this time, the hall was already "overcrowded"-at the invitation of Charlotte, guests from all over the empire gathered here early to chat.
Out of the instinct of a Byrne person who loves banquets, and to show off Byrne's strength and financial resources, the originally simple hall was splendorous and majestic decorated by Charlotte.
The flowers of midsummer and the maple leaves of autumn and winter are carefully cut to replace the original satin decorative benches and stair railings; under the ceiling painted with frescoes, there is a huge thirty-two fluorite crystal lamp Turning the hall into bright yellow and translucent, the incense of the Rainbow Bridge placed on it exudes misty wisps of smoke, with a relaxed and joyful smell.
Before the small round table covered with plain white silk and satin, a bottle of good Byrne wine was placed very intimately, which was drunk as an ordinary drink at will;
As for holding it The maid full of dessert trays, low-level sorcerers performing various tricks, and attentive and considerate attendants...can be seen everywhere, so that every guest can get the most comfortable enjoyment possible.
And this is only the "entertainment" stage. According to the tradition of the Byrne people, even "warm up" is not counted-at most, in order to prevent the guests from waiting before the formal banquet, sit down and have a drink Drink, eat some snacks and relax, by the way, I can look forward to the next feast.
But even if it's just for entertaining, the strength of the Torino family is enough to amaze her guests.
Holding a wine glass, the absent-minded Holy Cross Church deacon Sylvik strolled in the hall, and his bloodshot eyes kept looking at this splendorous and majestic, lively hall.
Such a grand banquet, even if it is the same as the banquet in the Sky Palace, it can’t help but feel inferior.
Be aware that it’s already a war time. There are already 100,000 troops gathered in the Scarlet Blood Castle territory, and they are the most elite Knight Legion. Under these circumstances, the Torino family is still rich and extravagant. It’s hard to imagine the banquet!
And all this wealth should originally belong to Holy Cross Church!
Every time I think about this, Silverwick deacon can’t help but gnashing teeth.
Not only three years ago...or maybe four years ago...that stupid empire governor lost Byrne Duchy, and even the bishop Webber, who was promoted by the church to the top, let him go. The Torino family carves up the wealth that belongs to the church!
“The church should pay attention to spiritual cultivation, and delegate secular affairs and authority to secular rulers”—this kind of deceitful aristocracy, and the words of compromise were actually regarded as the most formal reason by him and explained to Listen for yourself.
He is afraid that he is stupid reading the scriptures, right? !
Because of him, in less than a year, Byrne-or the strength of the Torino family has more than doubled; although His Royal Highness Connold successfully ascended the throne and crowned the throne, Duke Byrne was also there The Battle of Eboden won the respect of the entire empire.
His Royal Highness Brandon’s power and influence are rapidly expanding; if he does not stop his development, I am afraid that the heir position originally compromised to him will become true.
Really...why the church colleagues of Lothar and the nobles of East Sackland don’t understand that the most important enemy right now is not the long ears from Azores, but Byrne and Bu Your Highness Langdon!
Even if you lose to the elf, it is only a momentary fiasco; but if you lose to His Royal Highness Brandon, or let Byrne swell or even fight against Imperial Capital, you will never stand up!
sighed, Silvic put down the wine glass in his hand; just as he was about to leave this noisy hall and no longer be "poisoned" by the wealth of the Torino family, a silhouette of a sudden intrusion into the hall, Attracted his attention.
"Loren... Lord Duke?"
The black hair wizard stopped, squinted and looked in the direction of the sound source. A particularly strange silhouette was looking at him, one step at a time. Step by step.
"Are you... Your Excellency Hillwick?"
"It is, I am honored that Lord Duke can remember me." With a meaningful expression, he deliberately lowered Silvic deacon lightly said with a smile: "I don't know if it will take you a few minutes?"
The black hair wizard raised his eyebrows, Lu Sien immediately understood it and turned to leave.
"Of course you can."
"If I can, I really want to raise a glass to your generosity now." Silvik chuckled graciously, but next Seconds sighed lightly:
"Unfortunately...I can only worry about your future now."
"Why?" Loren asked with a blank expression.
"Because of a disaster right now, it is about to fall on you." Without noticing the black hair wizard's expression, Silvik sighed to himself:
"Support His Royal Highness Connold, maintain the peace of the empire, and stick to the Eboden city...These achievements are the glory that no one can obliterate, but it is easy to be forgotten."
"As Byrne Duke of, your prestige cannot be increased today, and even the whole empire regards you as a model of the empire of Knight. Only the Black Duke can surpass you; but just because you have reached the peak, they will not admire you more."
"The people of the empire are very forgetful; when they forget your achievements, what will they see?"
He looked forward to the black hair wizard and waited Response.
Loren said nothing.
Silvik still talked eloquently: "Yes! What they see is your pile of wealth, see you holding an army comparable to the empire, and Under your rule, the wizards who are indistinguishable from Eboden!"
"We, pitiful and ignorant believers, will not understand your greatness and sacrifice, they will only quickly forget your glory With attacks, I began to worry that Byrne’s Knight would threaten them, jealous of your hard-earned wealth, and wondered about your tolerance for the wizard."
"In the end, the glorious Byrne Knight will become a villain that everyone shouts and beats."
Silwick nodded and sighed again and again-he no longer said much, just staring at the black hair wizard intently.
Half a minute, one minute, two minutes.
The two people who looked at each other fell into a certain noisy calm.
Helpless, Loren could only resist the urge to roll his eyes and speak: "So, in the eyes of you and the church, how can I avoid this result?"
"Q Good, you are so blessed and loved by the Holy Cross, you are so wise!"
With a grin, Silvik also secretly sighed: "It’s easy to avoid all of this. ——The simplest way is to keep your humility and piety, so you don't need to worry about all this!"
The black hair wizard twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing a faint smile.
Concentrated attention completely Silvic immediately noticed this-he also understood that it is nonsense to talk about all the piety and humility of Loren, who is reaching the peak at the moment; the reputation and power of the opponent are already huge It's useless to preach to the limit.
So, we must do both soft and hard, let the Duke of Byrne understand that he must move closer to the church.
So he laughed twice, and his expression was more flattering: "Of course, these are only possible situations for the time being, maybe they will happen, maybe they won't-after all, our believers are still simple , It’s not that sinister."
"But the nobles of the empire...that's not necessarily."
"oh?" Loren deliberately showed a puzzled expression: "Please say In more detail."
Sure enough, he still has concerns, and Silvik secretly delighted.
After all, the other party is still the duke of the same place, no matter how arrogant and arrogant, it is impossible to see the threat of the empire, and understand who is more threatening to him.
"Before you came, I actually heard about it just now-the giant dragon of Jufeng Mountain has reached some kind of agreement with you." Silvik deliberately lowered his voice with an unfathomable expression. :
"You and I understand that this is just the giant dragons fulfilling their promise to guard the empire; you are the most prestigious duke in the empire, and Byrne is the most powerful duchy in the empire. They are with you There is nothing wrong with the negotiations."
"even more how, this is just a unilateral statement of the giant dragons. You didn’t ask for anything. It’s even more impossible to deliberately do this kind of thing-any sane person will understand. , This is just a misunderstanding and accident."
black hair wizard nodded, it means that I think so too.
"But the nobles of the Empire...especially the Imperial Family, they don't think so." Silvik's expression became more and more meaningful: "In their eyes, this is a signal, a Byrne The Torino family challenged Desalion’s Imperial Family’s signal."
"They will think that the Torino family and Byrne are beginning to be dissatisfied with their current status, thinking that they have the strength to challenge Sachland’s Germans. The Salion family challenges...even they will think that you have the ambition to become the emperor!"
"Once they start to think so, you are in danger-even if our noble and intelligent Majesty Connold and Your Royal Highness Brandon can understand you, and other people will not." Whether Loren listens or not, Silverek continued:
"In order to calm everyone’s anger and worries, Your Majesty and the Imperial Family must make some gestures to suppress you, or even exclude you; in order not to be considered to have such a rebellious idea, what else can you do besides patience?"
"Then you Think, what should I do?"
Loren asked very "humbly".
"It's very simple, piety-piety is the best way to solve all problems!" Silvik said excitedly: "As long as you speak up in public and give up the excessive support for the wizards in the past, And donate many properties under the name of the Torino family to the church, so no one can accuse you!"
"Because in that case, accusing you is accusing the church, accusing the church is accusing the Holy Cross—the Empire Within the territory, who would dare to accuse the Holy Cross?!" Hearing these impassioned words, Loren smiled.
Silvik also smiled, smiling very happily.
While laughing, Loren stretched out his hand towards him.
Silvik, who understood her mysterious expression, hurriedly went up.
Then he heard a particularly straightforward reply from the black hair wizard who was "full of spring breeze":
"Dream!"