Starfall 835, March 17, the imperial capital of the Holy City of Sanshan, evening, light snow.

The new year has arrived, and the snow has passed, and the streets of the imperial capital are silent, except for a few people who clean the snow in front of the door, there is only the clanging sound of the armor of the patrolling guards.

But unlike this quiet environment, in the first year after the end of the Dragon's Scourge and the first appearance of the Starfall, the whole world was in a rush of 'exploration'.

Although ordinary civilians may not know about it, all high-ranking or powerful professionals can know from the ruins located around the world and the texts hidden in the deepest parts of the library that the entire Mycrof world is actually a post-apocalyptic civilization that has been reborn from the wreckage. After the end of the era known as Radiance, countless remnants emerged from the shelter, staring blankly at the world that had already changed its appearance, and then battling the endless tide of monsters.

835 years later, our ancestors who fought for a piece of land for their people in the wilderness can take comfort to see that humans now occupy most of the world again, except for the Central Black Forest, which is so vast that no one has explored the center of it, most of the land of this world is owned by humans, and the other races are either incorporated into the human race, or have migrated far away, struggling on isolated islands or deep mountains.

When the technology of the cross-world portal was developed, the mage proudly claimed that they already knew everything about the Mycrof continent, and now what human beings need is to explore the new world beyond the void, this arrogant but passionate declaration was indeed approved by many people at the time, but now, the situation is very different from then.

The underground world discovered by the Principality of Roman, the hideout of the five-colored dragon clan overseas, and the ruins of large-scale cities in antiquity found around the eastern plains, these novel discoveries all prove that this world is still shrouded in a lot of fog, not to mention others, the deep sea where the fishmen live, and even the underground cavities that the dwarves have not explored are vast unknown areas.

In fact, there are still many deficiencies in the cross-world teleportation circle, and they have been hit by reality, and the mages who are so ambitious have finally lowered their heads, and have to admit this, and under this craze, many small countries have begun to carry out large-scale expansion movements towards the Black Forest and mountains around them, and they have obtained a lot of resources because of the discovery of the underground world, and now the Principality of Roman, which is rapidly expanding and developing, is an example for them to try to imitate, while other big forces are currently calmly watching, Privately, however, a number of teams were sent to explore the Radcliffe, and the Radcliffe family was allowed to expand their territory into the Great Ajax Mountains as part of this temptation.

In the imperial capital, on the central commercial avenue leading to the Mollay Palace, a group of pro-soldiers wearing black and blue light armor walked briskly through the downtown area, the well-made armor did not make any noise except for the clanging sound of the foot armor hitting the ground, many citizens and traders focused their eyes on these pro-soldiers, and then shrugged their shoulders, lowered their heads, and did not pay attention.

It was the Queen's personal soldier.

In recent days, not only the empress, but also many nobles living in the imperial capital have often sent their cronies back and forth in and out of the city, as if they were looking for some news, it stands to reason that this kind of behavior is fine if it is in their own territory, but it is too much in the imperial capital, this is the city where His Majesty the Emperor lives, even the empress, must not let her own guards come and go with swagger.

But I don't know why, but His Majesty the Emperor, who has always been majestic, didn't say anything, no, it was not so much that he didn't say anything, but that he didn't react at all, which especially confused the people. However, the above will cover up the news, and there is naturally a way to find out below, and those who have relatives and friends working in the Morlay Palace have intermittently received some obscure news, whether these news are true or not, but one thing can be confirmed - since His Majesty the Emperor presided over the celebration on the New Year, no one has seen him in the Morlay Palace.

- That's amazing!

Everyone who heard the news exclaimed in surprise without exception, they all understood the seriousness of this kind of thing, and did not doubt the authenticity of the news.

You must know that the royal family of the Northern Empire is different from the kings of those traditional kingdoms in Xishan, Morlay Palace is not a private residence of the royal family, there are also royal courts, imperial libraries and various public facilities, as long as they are permitted, even ordinary citizens can enter, just like the Imperial Library, which is open to the outside world for one or two days every year, and as long as you pay for it, you can enter and read freely.

In addition, His Majesty the Emperor never lived in the deep palace, he would often go to the streets by himself to inspect, and occasionally go to taste folk snacks - this is almost the custom of the emperors of the Northern Empire, almost all the famous restaurants in the imperial capital have a sign that a certain generation of emperors once dined here, they never deliberately avoid the crowds, but wander around according to their preferences.

If it is said that it is normal for ordinary people not to see the emperor for a few months, but the attendants in the palace have not been able to see the emperor in the Morlai Palace for several months, it can only mean that His Majesty is either seriously injured and can only be sick in the deep palace, or His Majesty has been in the imperial capital and has not returned for a long time.

The crowd leaned towards the latter.

Probably because His Majesty the Emperor has not returned for several months, the Empress and the big nobles will be a little unable to hold back and start to inquire around for news, right? The mysterious disappearance of the lord of a country, and the fact that he can hide it for three months is really due to the fact that it is winter now, and there is nothing major, but now, it is indeed impossible to suppress the fire.

In the Morlay Palace, in the Delphi Palace, where the queen lived, the guards wearing black and blue light armor and covering their faces walked quickly along the avenue, most of them stayed in front of the palace gate, and only one of the leaders passed the guard's inspection and entered the palace.

The palace is quiet and deserted, only a few maids are sweeping the dust, this is because this generation of Delmond royal family, whether the emperor or the empress, does not like the feeling of being served by many attendants, the guards seem to come here often to see each other, so a maid temporarily put down his work, silently led him to an open-air garden inside the palace, and in the garden, a slender woman is enjoying the flowers in the company of several noble ladies.

Although it is winter, the inside of the palace is warm like spring because of the magic array, and the open-air garden is surrounded by a formation that adjusts the humidity and light, so that any flower can bloom at any time.

The magic circle consumes a lot, because it involves the natural technique of elves to promote the growth of plants, so dozens of magic crystals will be consumed every day, and each magic crystal can make the civilians of the imperial capital live in peace and stability for several months, which sounds very luxurious, but for the queen who has no other hobbies except for flower appreciation, the most noble woman in the empire, it is nothing, and even can afford the word simplicity.

The maid asked the guards to stay at the entrance of the garden, and she cautiously stepped forward to meet them, and the slender woman in the center of the garden also discovered the guards of the round mouth, so she dismissed the noblewomen around her and asked the maids to go back to inform.

This tall leader is different from his subordinates, the armor on his body is not blue and black, but pure black, after the black armored warrior was notified by the maid, under the guidance of the other party, he quickly came to the woman's side, he respectfully knelt down on one knee and saluted, bowed his head and said: "Queen Edna......"

"Stop talking nonsense, Gunness, tell me what you found."

The beautiful woman named Edna bowed her head slightly, sighed a little tiredly, and asked the maid to straighten her silver coiled hair that had been somewhat loosened, her eyes were a rare light gold, and her pupils were slightly different from ordinary humans, but they were very similar to the golden dragons in the metal dragons, which meant that the queen's ancestors may have dragon blood, or maybe they were simply a golden dragon.

Hearing the urgency of his lord's words, the black-armored warrior named Gunnis immediately replied simply: "His Majesty the Emperor secretly inspected the Southern Fortress Group with Master Nostradamus three months ago, and he met with the Governor of Serres, who guarded the Southern Province, and then he went to the three 'Starfall Lands' in the south, and the next time he appeared, it had been a month, and on the east side of the Silent Sands, there was a group of merchants who had seen his back from a distance. ”

Speaking of this, the warrior's tone carried a trace of undetectable disdain: "I think that His Majesty the Emperor should have deliberately let them see this, otherwise with those ordinary merchants, how could they detect His Majesty's whereabouts." ”

"Southern Fortress, Silent Sands...... What is Your Majesty doing there......"

After hearing these news, the empress, who was wearing a long light-colored dress, frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she continued to order: "Go on." ”

Gunnis continued: "Your Majesty's whereabouts are extremely strange next, he is still on the western border on the front foot, and the next day he has already come to the depths of the Black Forest in the eastern wilderness, we have integrated a lot of information, we can only say that it should be Master Nostradamus's space-time spell has been refined again, and it can be used for a short period of continent-level teleportation, otherwise it is impossible to explain why His Majesty's position can change so quickly...... But in the last month, His Majesty and the Master have completely disappeared, and no one has seen them again. ”

"Teleporting around the entire Empire, they must be looking for something...... In the Land of Starfall, is Israel interested in the things that come down from the Boundless Heavens? ”

Edna turned her head to look at the flowers beside her, and she whispered to herself with a puzzled expression, "It's already legendary, and those things from the previous era can't help him at all—no, it can't be said that way, if that's the reason for his sudden recovery!" The words suddenly stopped, and the queen turned her head to look at the black-armored warrior who was still kneeling respectfully on the ground: "Gnis, guess where Your Majesty and Master Nostradamus should be now, so that we can search the entire empire and not find it?" ”

The queen's tone was soft, as if it was just a simple inquiry, but Gunnis knew that if he couldn't answer, he would definitely be punished, but the black-armored warrior had already made up his mind, and he immediately spoke: "My subordinates guess that Your Majesty and the master should be in the Void Stargazing Spot now!" Therefore, every move of you and the nobles in March after his departure should be in the eyes of His Majesty! ”

"Yes, it did."

This answer did not surprise Edna, she raised her head slightly, looked up at the sky, the queen pursed her lips, and made a helpless expression: "When, he will also come to such a hand...... It's just a martial artist who can't do anything but fight, and it's not romantic at all. ”

And while the lady complained, the maid and the black-armored warrior remained motionless as if they were deaf, and then, Edna said with some annoyance: "Forget it, I haven't had time to do anything anyway - Gness, cancel the operation, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mind us women engaging in palace fighting, but it doesn't mean that we really do it." ”

"Yes!" The black-armored warrior immediately answered, and he was led out of the garden by the maid, while Empress Edna stood alone in the garden, not knowing what to think.

"The situation has changed, my dear, although I don't know when you healed your dark wounds and when you went further, but I know that your mind has not changed, and you still don't want to be tied to this throne, and you want to go higher and farther."

Picking a flower casually, it seems to be slender and weak, but it is just an ordinary person's queen suddenly ignited a bright golden light in her hand, under the illumination of this golden light, the originally delicate violet flower suddenly began to squirm violently, and after a while, this flower became a small tree man, Queen Edna bent down, put the tree man with a small flower on the ground, and then patted its head, and said to herself: "But before leaving, which one do you support the second prince Di Moore who is most like you...... Now is not the age of war, the empire does not need a strong man who is so like you, so cool, who has grown up, and can continue to suppress all nobles for a hundred years, to be the emperor. ”

I also don't need someone who is not my son to be emperor.

There was not the slightest trace of worry in the queen's countenance. She was the wife that Israel took when he was fighting against the orcs, and this seemingly weak woman was calmer and calmer than most men, and more clever than most women.

But at this time, in the face of the general trend of being called a legendary powerhouse, even if she had all kinds of plans, it was pointless, if Israel was still only a few years to live like before, then Edna could naturally wait until her dear majesty died, but now it can't.

Thinking of this, she was silent for a long time, the situation in the empire has changed far beyond her imagination in the past two years, unlike Israel, who can travel at will, Edna, as the queen, can only stay in the palace, at most, she can walk around the imperial capital, so there is a lot of information that can only wait for others to come and report, and when she knows, it is too late to react, for example, the Earl of the Northland has achieved a legend, she has not heard any news before this, and it is too late to wait until the news is announced.

However, I heard that he is preparing to take in apprentices recently?

Suddenly thinking of this, the queen suddenly smiled slightly, she seemed to have thought of a good idea, so she whispered to the tree people under her command: "Go to the Seventh Prince." ”

"Tell him there's an unprecedented opportunity."

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