Chapter 192 Deya: Are you the female silver dragon?

The capital of the Narbo Empire was incredibly developed.

The tall buildings that are rarely seen in Abrana, the capital of Susaitani, are everywhere in the imperial capital of the empire.

Various three- or four-story apartment buildings and even five- or six-story high-rise buildings can be seen in every area of ​​the imperial capital.

Horse-drawn carriages are galloping on the wide roads above the streets, and on the main roads you can see railroad tracks laid and tram locomotives powered by magic moving slowly.

Although everyone walking on the streets of the imperial capital was in a hurry, they were all dressed appropriately, making people feel what civilization and strength are.

Compared with the empire, Sussetani was like a barely civilized country that was hundreds of years behind.

Once you have lived in the capital of the empire for a period of time, you will probably never want to return to a backward country.

The imperial palace is located in the center of the city. Directly in front of the palace is a huge square where residents can go for fun.

Surrounding the square, the main halls of the nine orthodox churches are all here, but the beliefs of the nine orthodox churches are also very different.

The Empire mainly supports the spread of the faith of the "Fire of Order". The teachings of this god are related to order as can be seen from its name, which is more in line with the Empire's strict policy of governing the country.

Although the Empire did not prevent the other eight true gods from preaching, the number of believers was very small, especially the belief in the "Power of the Wilderness", which was suppressed in secret.

This is mainly because the northern orcs, who pose the greatest threat to the Narpo Empire, believe in "barbaric power" as their main belief, and the empire will naturally not allow this belief to spread too widely within the country.

Using magic to transmit information is still an expensive method, so the news of the defeat and destruction of the Dukedom of Toulouse-Lautrec in the south has not yet spread to the public.

But the upper echelons of the empire all knew about it at the first moment.

At daybreak, the royal guards put the square under martial law, and the ministers of the empire hurried out of their homes and got in carriages to the palace.

After strict inspection, luxurious carriages entered the palace. Ministers, their adjutants and various staff members went to the parliament hall of the palace while whispering to each other.

The assistant to the Minister of the Navy came to the Minister of the Navy and whispered, "Sir, the Duke of Toulouse-Lautrec's fleet was completely destroyed, and I heard that the entire duchy was destroyed."

There was a hint of gloating in the words of the Assistant Navy Minister.

In the past, the overall naval strength of Duke Lautrec accounted for about 60% of the empire. Coupled with his hereditary duke status, the position of Minister of the Navy was actually very embarrassing.

Although he is called the Minister of the Navy, he can actually only control a very small part of the navy of the empire, which is totally unworthy of the title.

Now, the Duke, who had been bullying the Minister of the Navy, was facing a disastrous defeat with his entire army annihilated, and even his territory was destroyed. The Navy, who had been patient, was naturally in a good mood.

The Navy Minister had a blank expression on his face, and said sternly in a low voice: "Don't look so gloating, be serious!

The Toulouse-Lautrec fleet was also an imperial fleet. Now that it has been completely wiped out, it is a slap in the face of our empire and our navy.

Especially since the population of the Dukedom of Toulouse-Lautrec is not small, and it has suffered such a great destruction this time, there may be hundreds of thousands or even millions of refugees. How to resettle those refugees is also a headache for the Empire. "

The naval assistant quickly shut his mouth when he heard this, but he knew that his boss must be happier than him, and he probably was so excited that he didn't sleep the whole night.

As for those displaced people, what does it have to do with these masters in the imperial capital?

Now the Imperial Navy only has this part controlled by the Minister of the Navy, and His Majesty the Emperor will surely rely on you more.

However, the Navy Assistant still asked worriedly: "Sir, do you think His Majesty will help the Toulouse-Lautrec family rebuild a new fleet?"

The Minister of the Navy sneered: "The Toulouse-Lautrec family is finished. There is no need to care about the two or three kittens left. I am afraid that His Majesty is also very happy at this time."

The assistant was stunned by the words of the Navy Minister for a moment, and then he suddenly realized.

Yes, I'm afraid His Majesty the Emperor is as excited as the Minister of the Navy right now.

What kind of system is the empire? It is a centralized state, but in this centralized state, there are three dukes with real power and territory.

It’s just that these three dukes were granted hereditary dukedoms during the founding emperor’s reign, and later emperors could not do anything to them. After all, the laws of their ancestors could not be violated.

But now, the entire territory of Duke Lautrec was destroyed, most of his family members died, and the Southern Fleet that ensured Duke Lautrec's position as Duke was completely wiped out.

His Majesty the Emperor will certainly use this opportunity to take back all the jurisdiction of the Duke of Lautrec.

Thinking of the inexplicable death of Grand Duke Capet ten years ago, the assistant felt a chill in his heart and began to wonder if this was all a trick of the emperor to eliminate these dukes!
The naval assistant didn't dare to have any more wild thoughts.

The palace's parliament hall is large enough to accommodate thousands of people for meetings.

However, this kind of large-scale meeting is usually held when His Majesty the Emperor announces some national policies and statistical data, and officials at all levels and civilian representatives are allowed to participate.

But for real national affairs, it is naturally impossible to hold a conference with thousands of people.

In a room in the parliament building, this is where His Majesty the Emperor discusses national policies with his ministers.

The Secretary of State for the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War, the Secretary of State for Police, the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Finance, the Postmaster General and many other ministers were all waiting with their assistants.

"His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!"

The Emperor of the Narbo Empire, who was over seventy years old, wore a crown and walked into the secret room with a dignified look.

The current Emperor Narbo is Narbo XXI.

Although the empire has been established for more than 2,500 years, there have not been many emperors in the past 2,500 years.

The founding emperor himself was a nine-ring master. He ruled the empire for the first seven hundred years and established a rule during his reign.

That is, if the emperor of later generations wants to inherit the throne, there is a strict requirement, that is, the emperor himself must be a strong man with six rings or above.

Secondly, no emperor could rule the empire for more than a hundred years, and after a hundred years the throne must be passed to the next one.

Today, Narpo XXI is a seven-ring warrior, and at the age of seventy, he is still in his prime.

"Your Majesty the Emperor!"

When the ministers of the empire saw the emperor coming, they all greeted him.

The Emperor nodded, sat down in his seat, and said concisely: "I believe you have already known about the Duke of Toulouse-Lautrec. Do you have any countermeasures?"

The ministers were all familiar with the way the Narbo royal family acted, which was to be decisive and unwilling to listen to nonsense.

A person who can become a seven-ring strongman cannot be too weak and can only hold power by relying on political tactics.

The Home Secretary and the Finance Secretary looked at each other, then they stepped forward and immediately came up with a complete set of solutions.

The contents include but are not limited to how to deal with the refugees in the Duchy of Lautrec, the required financial expenditures, the costs of rebuilding the duchy, and other data.

It can be seen that the two ministers had already discussed privately before coming here.

His Majesty the Emperor nodded slowly and said, "Duke Lautrec's youngest son in the imperial capital is still young and not yet qualified to rule the duchy.

Before the new Duke of Lautrec grows up, the Empire will temporarily rule over the Duke of Lautrec's territory. Do you have a candidate for acting governor?"

The emperor's words made the ministers secretly think that it was true.

His Majesty the Emperor wants to take back the Duke's territory and power.

He is said to be the acting governor, but after another ten or eight years, he will be the official governor.

Immediately, many ministers present began to talk to each other and compete with each other, introducing suitable candidates to be the acting governor.

After some secret confrontations, many ministers and the emperor reached a political compromise and chose a target candidate.

Once these internal affairs are dealt with, we will start dealing with external affairs.

Although the Duchy of Toulouse-Lautrec was self-governed, it was also part of the empire.

Now that the Southern Fleet has been destroyed and the Empire's land has been invaded, if the Empire completely ignores it, where is the Empire's dignity?

The Minister of the Navy immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the naval fleet to Sussetani to eliminate Deya Cavendish who dared to offend the majesty of the empire!

However, the navy is not strong enough at the moment. I hope Your Majesty can allocate more funds to the navy to build more warships!"

The Duke de Lautrec was finished, and the Minister of the Admiralty was taking this opportunity to seize all naval power.

And his excuse was very good. Since the necromancer dared to do such a heinous thing against the empire, I would go and attack him. Everyone would agree with this reason.

But now the navy is not strong enough. Your Majesty, shouldn’t you vigorously build up the navy?
I don't ask for too much money, just give me the part that Duke Toulouse spent on building the navy!

Of course, the other ministers also understood what the Minister of the Navy meant, and some of them were ready to place their own confidants in the navy.

There are so many vacancies in the navy now, this is a good opportunity.

But don't be impatient, we have to see what His Majesty the King says first.

Every minister of the empire has his own little thoughts.
"Deya Cavendish? Why do we want to destroy him?"

But the Emperor's next words stunned all the ministers present.

The Navy Minister was stunned for a moment, and he said cautiously:
"Your Majesty, according to the intelligence department, it was Deya Cavendish who used some kind of magic to summon those dragons and destroy the Southern Fleet and the Toulouse-Lautrec Territory.

Moreover, that necromancer is extremely dangerous. He has now been promoted to the sixth ring and has many powerful undead creatures under his command.

If it were just that, it would be fine, but he has controlled an undead army in an unknown way. This undead army is very troublesome. If this necromancer is allowed to develop, it may cause harm to the empire. "

After a pause, the Navy Minister continued: "...We must nip this kind of danger in the bud. If we can obtain his method of controlling the Undead Legion, the strength of the Empire will..."

The Minister of War also nodded vigorously.

Which general would not be envious of the undead army controlled by the necromancer?

This kind of army that doesn't need any supplies is like a natural disaster, and it's terrifying just to think about it. If we wait for the necromancer to continue to develop, who knows if he will one day lead an undead army that even the empire can hardly contend with?

Such people should either be eliminated in advance or captured secretly!

The Emperor said expressionlessly: "A mere six-ring necromancer can summon hundreds, even thousands, and even make nine-ring dragons obey his orders?
Do you believe this? Or is there any magic that can do this? Why don't you tell me that as long as the empire can control those dragons, it will not be afraid of anyone."

"But your majesty..."

My Lords, do you want to say anything else?

Although they instinctively didn't believe it, a six-ring necromancer could even make a nine-ring dragon do things for him.

But from the known information and various analyses, this matter is definitely related to the necromancer.

Moreover, even if this matter has nothing to do with the necromancer, the undead army under his control is also a huge threat to the future of the empire. How can His Majesty the Emperor turn a blind eye to him?

Thinking of this, many ministers looked strange.

No, it seemed that in the past, His Majesty the Emperor had been avoiding everything about the necromancer and even trying to eliminate his presence.

When the Undead Legion first appeared, many people suggested to the Emperor that this Necromancer should not be allowed to continue to develop, but the Emperor always found excuses to ignore it.

Now that I think about it carefully, there are serious problems here.

Could it be that the necromancer had a close relationship with the Emperor? Was he one of the Emperor's men?
If this is true, then all of this is most likely planned by the emperor, using the necromancer to eliminate the hidden danger of the empire's division.

Of course, maybe the necromancer is actually the emperor’s illegitimate son?

A group of ministers had different thoughts, and they all felt that the information they had was too little.

Just as the ministers were thinking, the emperor continued, "All of this is the conspiracy of the evil dragons. Those evil dragons are entrenched in the north of the continent and are in cahoots with the orcs.

Now those evil dragons have even invaded the Duchy of Lautrec, leaving millions of people in the empire homeless. The empire will never let this go!"

His Majesty the Emperor's simple words have determined the nature of the matter.

His goal is very clear, that is the orc kingdom entrenched in the north and the various races that support the orcs!
The ministers also understood the emperor's intention instantly. His Majesty wanted them to spread the message among the people so as to put all the blame on the evil dragons, stir up the people's anger and lay a good foundation among the people for the possible war that may follow.

His Majesty the Emperor's target from the very beginning was the orcs in the north.

As for the southern continental island, His Majesty the Emperor deliberately ignored it and even condoned the necromancer.

The ministers dared not disobey His Majesty Guang's request and agreed to it. They decided to investigate the necromancer carefully after returning to see if there was anything else they had not noticed.

……

In the secret underground palace of the Imperial Palace, the current emperor stood respectfully in front of a half-dragon.

"Ancestor, I have followed your request and directed the people's hatred towards the north."

After a pause, His Majesty the Emperor also asked his doubts: "...Ancestor, what is your relationship with the necromancer on the mainland island? Is he your disciple?"

His Majesty the Emperor feels that this possibility is very high.

The ancestor was a wizard of the necromancy school, and that Deya was also a wizard of the necromancy school.

The ancestors also have various hidden abilities to utilize the power of dragons, and that Deya also has this ability.

No matter how you look at it, these two people seem to be of the same lineage.

As for Deya's apparent teacher Irving Aldridge, perhaps he is a common disciple of the two great necromancers.

And the undead army that Deya controls at this moment might be the trump card that the ancestors prepared for the empire?

The more His Majesty the Emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this guess was reliable.

Raymond did not say anything. He just said slowly, "I am about to reach the end of my life. I don't have many years left to live."

The emperor was startled and said in panic, "Ancestor!"

Raymond stopped him and said, "After so many years of research, I am sure that the lifespan limit of one thousand years is also related to those gods. They have used some method to limit the lifespan limit.

The Narbo Empire seemed prosperous on the surface, but you and I both knew that it was in decline and on the verge of collapse.

When I die, the empire will be divided in a very short time, and you can't stop it."

His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing and lowered his head in shame.

As the emperor of the empire, he knew many secrets.

He knew even more clearly that in this world of extraordinary power, strength was everything.

When the empire loses a powerful nine-ring warrior who can hold the fort, the balance will be broken in an instant.

The reason why the empire has been able to maintain its prosperity is because the ancestors suppressed it and relied on their own abilities to balance the forces of all parties, that is, the nine orthodox churches!
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people with eight rings and nine rings, and no one has been promoted in the past hundred years. All this may be related to the plan of the gods.

When there are no more eight rings and nine rings in the world, and only the Church of the True God exists, then even the most massive empire will only become a puppet of the church.

I am afraid that the empire will be divided into various dioceses and become a tool of the church's rule!
“Now, the empire has two major enemies. The external enemies are the orcs and those evil dragons, and the internal enemy is the nine orthodox churches.

Since we cannot solve the internal enemies for the time being, we can only try our best to eliminate the external enemies first.

The ancient spirits also want to destroy those evil dragons. The fire of order and the will of chaos are naturally hostile. We can use a war that sweeps across the continent to find and identify allies.

After we eliminate the external enemies, we can take advantage of the discord among the gods and make the nine orthodox churches fight among themselves. The empire can only survive in this gap."

Raymond whispered, "...If we can stop the Nine Gods' plan during this chaos, then there may be a chance for a turnaround, but all this needs to be done before I die, so I am so anxious to start a war."

Raymond spent his whole life worrying about the country that his mother missed.

He still remembers the longing his mother felt for his motherland every time she mentioned it when he was a child.

It's a pity that his mother didn't return to her country in the end. Raymond wants to fulfill his mother's wish and keep the country strong.

Moreover, so many years have passed. After the death of the first batch of imperial people who fought against him, the current members of the imperial royal family are all his juniors. He will naturally take care of them, and he has long had feelings for this country.

"Time is running out. The dividing line of the empire, or even the dividing line of the entire human world, may be right here. Go and finish what you should do."

"Yes, ancestor!"

His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire bowed and took his leave.

After the emperor left, Raymond walked to the shabby bookcase again and whispered:
"Deya Cavendish, my teacher, what kind of power do you possess to be able to change the past? This is a power beyond that of God. Perhaps the empire needs you to save it."

……

Continental Island, Hudson Territory, after Deya completed the ten-ring spell, he has been standing in the ceremony field.

He knew nothing of the great battle that had taken place in the Divided Channel, or of the destruction of the Duchy of Lautrec.

Deya doesn't have clairvoyance, so he can't see the battlefield thousands of miles away.

But the Duke of Hudson had been paying attention to the news on the sea. When Toulouse-Lautrec's fleet and territory were destroyed, the Hudson family's spies immediately used magic devices to transmit the information back.

The Duke was overjoyed and hurried to the ceremony venue in the square to tell Deya the good news.

Deya already knew the result. It was not what he saw, but what he guessed.

If a ten-ring spell that can command a group of dragons cannot destroy a fleet or a dukedom, then the power of dragons is too underestimated.

"I understand, Your Excellency the Duke. From today on, you will be the First Lord of the Admiralty of the United Kingdom of England and Sussex.

The Hudson family will guard the strait for the new kingdom, just as they have done for hundreds of years!"

The one-eyed Duke Hudson knelt on one knee respectfully in front of everyone present to express his submission:
"In compliance with your will, the Hudson family will always defend the kingdom. I swear in the name of the Hudson family, Your Highness, the Son of God!"

at this time--

The temperature around suddenly became cold, and on this hot summer day, snowflakes were falling from the sky.

The people who had been cheering excitedly for the news of the destruction of Duke Lautrec's fleet had all become quiet. They saw with horror a beautiful silver dragon with four wings, a hundred meters long when its wingspan was spread, flying from afar and landing in front of Deya!

Deya knew that these were mercenaries coming to ask for money.

Deya had no idea of ​​exploiting loopholes in the contract or using language to trick the dragon.

For these greedy dragons, you'd better not think about deceiving them. It's best to complete the contract honestly.

'This silver dragon is at least an eight-ring dragon, or maybe even a nine-ring dragon!'

Deya muttered to himself, but he had a new understanding of the ten-ring spell "Dragon's Oath".

Even the Nine-Ring Dragon could be tricked into working for him. The oath signed by this Dragon God is a little too strong!
Just as Deya was about to hand over all his treasures to the other party and was even thinking about whether he could get close to the silver dragon, he suddenly found that the silver dragon looked familiar.

He frowned and asked tentatively, "Ignis?"

The silver dragon's head was looking around curiously. When she heard someone calling her name, she looked towards the source of the voice in surprise.

Seeing Deya, the silver dragon's eyes widened and it uttered a stunned, surprised voice: "Deya? You are still alive?"

Hearing the clear and cute girl's voice, Deya was sure that this was indeed the silver dragon girl!

It's just that her strength and the size of her dragon body are much stronger than what Deya remembered!
(End of this chapter)