Chapter 10 Familiar Taste
In the spring of 833, which was named the year of Dragon Disaster, many major events that were recorded in history occurred.
First, the Northern Empire Victory Celebration in the Wake Moon.
This celebration was held to celebrate the victory of the Orc War, which lasted for a week and two days. Many countries and major forces sent envoys to congratulate them. Even the Far South Kingdom and the Seven Gods Church, which were fighting against the dragon disaster, specially sent a team of envoys to meet the imperial emperor with generous gifts.
Ordinary people were carnival on the streets and drank fine wine, but the envoys from many countries did not have time to hold banquets. They held many important talks in the imperial capital Morley Palace, through the detailed information sent by the Far South Kingdom and the Church of the Seven Gods, other ambassadors of other countries who have not yet been invaded by the mad dragons understood the seriousness of the matter.
Briefly, if it weren't for the jungle in the south of the mainland, and many elves were scattered all over the place, like fortresses, that they had dragged the mad dragons, perhaps they had crossed the [Nako Mountains] and officially entered the territory of the western mountainous countries. The western human gathering place, which had been pacified for many years, would not be able to gather an army enough to fight the dragon disaster in a short time. The mad dragon's attack would have caused hundreds of thousands or even millions of casualties.
In fact, the crazy dragons were already doing this. Behind these irrational violent monsters, there seemed to be a commander. It was gathering troops and advancing to the northwest, preparing to bring plague and death to other areas. Due to the lack of supplies, the Nake Mountain Fortress Group of the Far South Kingdom was shaking and needed support in urgent need of support. The ambassador of the Far South Kingdom came for this. Their central defense line was more than enough, but they absolutely did not take into account the fortresses in other directions.
But thankfully, the large force of the flying mad dragon was ambushed by the Gladden Holy Songs of the Seven Gods Church in the distant sea. This elite army composed of hundreds of ascetics with strength reaching the peak of silver and more than a dozen high-level gold monks perfectly completed their mission. The holy light of heavenly punishment shining on the sky defeated the flying dragons' cluster, and the demon dragon headed was also killed, otherwise the current situation would be ten times more severe.
Secondly, the great forces in the eastern plains, the largest spellcaster on the Mycrov continent, the discovery of the Guantian White Tower in the central Black Forest.
The entire Mycrov continent is roughly divided into five parts by jungles, mountains, canyons and rivers. They are four large human gathering areas in the southeast, southwest and northwest. Some are the central black forests that occupy more than half of the continent.
It is a real demon realm for everyone. The environment there is extremely dangerous, full of strange poisonous fog and miasma. The living creatures in it are more dangerous than the other. It is important to know that the Central Black Forest is the only danger on the entire road that is confirmed to be inhabited by multiple legendary monsters and ancient dragons. Its level of danger even exceeds hell and abyss. At least powerful warlocks can live in the abyss for a long time, but none of them can guarantee that they can live in the depths of the Central Black Forest for a week.
Just like humans on Earth can explore the moon and Mars, but don’t know much about the deep sea and underground. The central black forest is like that, but an elite mage team of marshals who are exploring it, unexpectedly discovered a huge city ruin in it.
The scope of this ruin is so large that it is beyond everyone's imagination. The entire eastern basin, nearly 200 square kilometers of forest underground are the ruins of this city. It seems to have been attacked by a huge meteorite and was smashed into the ground.
The mage team at Guantian Baita immediately realized that this was a discovery that shocked the whole world. The materials it excavated in it would definitely answer many questions for historians around the world. For example, how was the prosperous civilization destroyed in the legendary last era? What happened in the lost three hundred years that turned its ruins into such a vast black forest?
Pop, the sound of paper closing came.
"It's indeed this time." After putting down the newspaper in his hand, Joshua nodded slightly and said to himself: "It's a pity that this is a report that was only released yesterday, so there is only general news. I don't know what those mages found in the ruins."
"After all, there is no help from adventurers in this life. I really don't know if the guys with noses on their heads got the design drawings of the Star Crystal Furnace just like in their previous life."
The Star Falls in 832, April 16th, in the afternoon of the Northern Empire, the Three Mountains Holy City.
The imperial capital at this time was no different from when Joshua and others arrived half a month ago.
The celebration of victory has ended, and the wreaths and statues originally placed on the streets have been removed. Whether it is foreign tourists or people living here, they have already returned to their daily life.
But even so, as the capital of a country, the prosperity of the Sanshan Holy City is still touching. Walking on the commercial avenue leading to the inner city of the imperial capital, Joshua deliberately slowed down. The exquisitely decorated shops and tall buildings on both sides attracted people's attention. Not far away, the newly established Orc War Monument stands opposite the Cathedral of St. Clair, and the warm afternoon sunlight coats it with a layer of golden brilliance.
Just now, Gioshua bought a stack of recent spellcaster newspapers from a bookstore subordinate to the Imperial Royal Mage Society to learn about the latest big news.
This newspaper is sold to nobles and spellcasters, and the news is much more detailed than ordinary newspapers and magazines. The warriors have obtained a lot of valuable information from it. Based on the things he knew in his previous life, Joshua was able to roughly piece together the picture of the world today in his mind.
At the end of the war between the Northern Empire and the Orcs, the dragon disaster in the far south became more and more intense, and even began to spread to other regions. Although Guantian Baita has accidentally discovered the ruins of the previous era, they have no time to study those ancient buildings. Soon, the army of dragon beasts will spread to the whole world. Only by destroying them all is the beginning of the next era, [Era of Enlightenment].
There is no need to think so far.
Shaking his head, Joshua handed the newspaper to Rin on the side and asked him to put it away.
At this time, everyone had entered the inner city of the imperial capital. The noisy voices in the commercial area disappeared in an instant. On the King's Avenue, which directly leads to the Morley Palace and is almost uninhabited, you can only see scattered pedestrians walking around. Occasionally, you can see several carriages with complex and ancient heraldry passing by slowly.
Due to the cult incident before the celebration, the alert level of the entire imperial capital has been greatly improved. The nobles who cherished their lives showed more obvious that if there was no need, they rarely went out. Even if they went out, they would ride in carriages. Those who walked on the street with two followers were simply aliens among the aliens.
No matter what, Joshua and others came to the entrance of the majestic city wall of the Morley Palace.
The guard at the door wanted to speak, so that the three people who seemed to be wandering here quickly left, but he recognized the identity of the warrior, so the reprimand instantly turned into a respectful welcome.
Under Joshua's gaze, these elite guards wearing black armor were a little restless.
At first, no one noticed that the young man walking on the street was the famous Dragon Slayer Lord in the imperial capital recently. But when the warriors stood in front of them, the knights understood why the name "Joshya" suddenly appeared in the "Note List" with a new name for a long time, and why many great figures specifically instructed not to offend this count who must have advanced to the high position in the future.
Because the other party is really too strong.
A guard knight who had been fortunate to see one of the five major legions of the Empire, the commander of the White Horse Legion was shocked to find that the pressure Joshua brought to him at this time was almost as heavy as the commander of the Legion brought to him at that time.
Could it be that he has reached that level? He is not even half the commander of the legion who has been fighting for many years, but now he has achieved the same achievement...
"Ri'an, Count Radcliffe."
The warrior's casual gaze made everyone present feel that all their weaknesses were seen through, and the heavy pressure spread. In order to break the increasingly stagnant atmosphere, the leading knight couldn't help but wipe away the cold sweat from his head and said, "Do you come to Morley Palace to find Master Nochardamas?"
"No...well, that's what you can say."
Originally, Joshua wanted to say that he wanted to meet His Majesty the Emperor directly, but when he thought about it carefully, the other party might not have time to see him. For the plague, telling the old mage is the same as telling His Majesty the Emperor, so the warrior changed his words and said, "When will I see Master Nostradamus?"
"The master said he couldn't contact you recently, so he specifically instructed me that if you come to Morley Palace, you will ask you to go directly to the library of the Black Swan Palace to find him. The master has been there to sort out ancient books recently."
He made way out of the way, and the leading knight seemed to wish Joshua could leave early. As time went by, he felt that the pressure on the other party was getting heavier and heavier, as if something was oozing out of the warrior's body bit by bit.
Without making any more conciliations, Joshua nodded and walked directly into Morley's palace. Just after he left, the originally nervous guards immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"It feels even more terrifying than a dragon!"
A young-looking knight frowned, without any concealing his fearful look on his face: "I'm not complaining about why he doesn't restrain his pressure? This shouldn't be difficult!"
"Maybe it has been restrained, and it has even been deliberately weakened... I just sensed the fluctuations of magical items."
The other knight nodded thoughtfully. He looked at the place where Joshua left, narrowed his eyes and said, "If he hadn't restrained his strength, maybe you and I were still lying on the ground now."
Inside the wall of Morley Palace, other patrolling guards had also received a notice from the guards at the entrance of the city wall. When they knew the identity of Joshua and his group, they did not come forward to disturb him, but bowed slightly.
Walking all the way to the palace's door, Joshua raised his hand to signal Ying and Rin to stop. He stood at the door and whispered to his divine machines: "There will be someone to welcome us."
Not long after, as Joshua said, a red-haired knight wearing silver-gray armor and with the logo of the guard on his shoulder came to them. The warrior noticed the pattern on the other party's sword and the color of the silk ribbon on his waist. He knew that the other party was a direct descendant of a nobleman and was now the head of the guard in the palace. He was not sure whether the other party was gilded or was really preparing to develop in this direction, but the other party had already saluted him.
"Ri'an, Earl Radcliff, it's my honor to see you."
The head of the knight saluted to Joshua respectfully. He seemed to have known Joshua's identity for a long time and showed extraordinary enthusiasm: "Are you going to meet Lord Nostradamus? He is now presiding over the compilation of ancient books in the Royal Library, please follow me."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Following the other party, Joshua was not surprised by the other party's respect. The strength of this red-haired knight master was close to the golden realm. If he had a sharp enough perception, he could naturally feel that the strength of the warrior was no longer a simple golden peak. In addition, Joshua had killed a large demon in the imperial capital before, so naturally many people were willing to express goodwill to him.
The superficial respect is just the most basic.
Morley Palace is a large palace complex, with complex roads in it, and few people can walk to the place they want by themselves. The location of the Black Swan Palace seems to be deeper. The red-haired knight led Joshua and others for about ten minutes, but he had not arrived yet.
Along the way, Joshua learned about the identity of the knight, and it was a bit coincidental that the Warner family where the other party was in was related to the Caus family. This knight named Fandal was also Brandon's distant cousin according to his seniority.
This is almost the same relationship between nobles. Each big family has close ties with other families. Thanks to the Radcliffe family as a gatekeeper, and the Shenji lineage has a single pass, there are not so many messy relationships, so Joshua doesn't need to recite the strange list of relatives.
Just as Fandal said that he was about to arrive at the Black Swan Palace, there were sounds of footsteps on the other side of the corridor.
Not long after, a group of people wearing church-style white robes came silently from the opposite side of the corridor. They looked solemn and hurried, as if they were anxious to do something.
But what really attracts attention is not these silent monks, but the center of the team, a woman who looks a little weak but is extremely beautiful.
Under the dim light of the palace corridor, the woman in a white and decent robe and gorgeous crystal crown was extremely eye-catching. Her eyes were covered by a circle of black blindfolds, and she could only see her fair and smooth cheeks and jaws, and her long white and golden hair naturally drooped to her waist like a waterfall.
The eyes are invisible, but even so, they can be called beautiful.
Joshua naturally noticed this group of people, and the other party also noticed that they were both black-haired warriors with young girls and church monks in the Imperial Palace, which made people unable to help but pay attention. Joshua's eyes swept over and saw the beautiful woman. The other party seemed to be thinking about some questions worth pondering, and moving forward was just her subconscious action.
Joshua couldn't help but frown.
"strangeness……"
The warrior whispered to himself: "The familiar taste."
The woman with her eyes stopped slightly, and the entire monk team paused. It can be seen that the entire team was centered on this woman with long platinum hair.
She turned her head, as if she was looking at Joshua. Although her eyes were covered, the warrior felt like he was being examined.
However, neither side said much. After observing each other for a moment, the two teams passed by and walked towards their destination...
Chapter completed!