"Bang!!"

The crystal crystal cup was smashed to the ground, and when he saw this scene, the captain of the garrison didn't dare to breathe, he just lowered his head, like an ostrich buried in the sand.

"A foreign nobleman dares to provoke the Pawood family on the Eagle Plateau?! He's so daring!! ”

The old man sitting at the desk had white hair, but his unangry expression and his javelin-like body made people feel a heavy pressure. Not only did the captain of the garrison not dare to take a breath, but even the attendants beside him were sweating profusely at this time, bowing their heads and standing next to them and not daring to say anything.

"Father!"

At this time, I saw a middle-aged man striding out of the crowd, his eyebrows looked quite similar to the old man, but much younger. I saw that he was wearing a black dress, with a long sword hanging from his waist, and the whole person was like a sharp sword out of the sheath, which was awe-inspiring.

"Please let me go, I promise to arrest the thug who provoked the Pawood family!"

In fact, strictly speaking, collecting a sum of money is not a big deal, and logically speaking, the Pawood family should not be treated so strictly. But it was a nobleman who challenged them, and from that point on, the whole thing changed dramatically. And this is also related to the history of the Eagle Plateau.

After the Second Heaven and Earth War, the temple and the Dark Realm were defeated and had to withdraw from the Dark Underworld. And after that, for a long time, the power of the temple weakened, while the power of the mortal gradually increased. Monarchy and religion began to gradually separate. The Nine Saints Kingdom, which was once established to fight against demons, has also undergone changes in this series of changes. The elves returned to the Forest of Stars and Moon to recuperate, and they opened the locks. It completely closed the connection between the human world and the elven country.

The Comando Empire, which was founded by the Silver Saintess Sailon, fell apart in the struggle between royal power and religion, and the two sides fought each other for more than a hundred years. In the end, it was necessary to divide the north and the south into the boundary of the abyss of judgment. The Spring Country, which was sheltered by the Great Mother Chati, was divided into four small kingdoms in the midst of internal power struggles. The emerald goddess Adas, the former founding of the Celestial Empire, was even more miserable, and in October of the year of the Broken Sword, with the violent death of King Dardanelle V, Skar fell into a long chaos. Since Dardanelles V had no heirs, and died suddenly shortly after ascending to the throne. This plunged the country into a long period of chaos, when Prime Minister Pakashi, who was in charge of state affairs, announced that the son born to Princess Cyprins, the sister of Riedardanelles V, would be a prince.

But not everyone is willing to accept this ending, and the royal party believes that although the son of Princess Cyprin is also considered a son of the royal family. But after all, the bloodline is not pure. And the spokesperson they launched was even more surprising -- it was a manor heir from the northwest of the Eagle Plateau, and it was rumored that he was the child born to a maid by Dardanelle after he was drunk.

Neither side would budge, and it eventually developed into a full-scale war. In the end, the nobles, led by Prime Minister Pakashi, were defeated by the royal party. But this did not mark the end of the war, which at the end of the war, although Prime Minister Pakashi and others died on the battlefield. However, they also succeeded in assassinating the illegitimate prince, creating a lose-lose situation.

As a result, the situation in the whole country became even more chaotic, and the royal party lost its supporters. And the ambitious lords were not willing to be lonely, and they rose up one after another to try to unify the country.

The war lasted for decades. Numerous casualties were immense. The former country of the sky has been completely swept into the dustbin of history, and this has also given the wandering barbarians in the north a chance. They took advantage of the continuous civil war in the country of the sky to make a living, and went south in one fell swoop. It invaded a large area of the opponent's territory like a bamboo.

As the saying goes, the times make heroes, and after finding that if they continue to fight, they can only cheapen others for nothing, and these local lords and nobles finally decided to unite with the outside world. One of the nobles, Ulna, took the lead and reunited the originally divided eagles, and finally united their forces to defeat the barbarians and expel them from the Eagle Plateau.

After that, with this alliance as the main body, the Eagle Plateau formed a new form of rule called the Skar Federation to balance the interests of all parties. To put it bluntly, all the lords in the newly formed Skar Confederation still rule their own independent states, but they are united by a covenant. The rulers of the Skar Confederation, on the other hand, adopt a system of rotation of thrones, which rotate every four years. Although the ruler of the federation did not have absolute dominion on the surface, he was able to issue orders to the entire federation, as long as two-thirds of the lords agreed.

Under this particular system, the authority of the lord of each territory is naturally quite important. As the ruler of one of the territories, the Pawood family naturally cannot allow a foreign nobleman to casually challenge their authority, otherwise once they are disgraced, then in the future, the Pawood family's voice within the federation will also be reduced. That's why they were so angry at Jenn's provocation. Regardless of whether the other party was mad or premeditated, based on what he said, the Pawood family would not be able to do a good job. There are no secrets among the nobles, and if this matter spreads, then how will they get mixed up in the federation in the future?

The captain of the garrison naturally knew about this, if he could, he really didn't want to be involved, he was just a small garrison officer, and the intrigue at the aristocratic level was really not something that people like him could mix. But it's a pity that the duty lies, and he can't help it.

Hearing his son's words, old Pawood had a look of satisfaction on his face, and he nodded, just about to say something. And at this time, suddenly a clear voice came.

"Please wait a minute."

Hearing this voice, everyone present was stunned, and they turned their heads to look at the place where the sound came from, only to see a girl in a white robe with thick blond hair sitting there, frowning and thinking about something. She shook her head after noticing everyone's gaze, then looked at the old man at her desk.

"Father, I think there's something wrong with that."

"Questions?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned. If someone else said this, they would probably still scoff at it, but right now it was the daughter of the Pawood family, the pearl of the Tower of Stars, and a mid-level mage. Then they have to reconsider what that means.

"What's the problem?"

Hearing his daughter's words, old Pawood also frowned. In fact, after he listened to the garrison's words from Jenn, his lungs exploded, and he wanted to send someone to clean up the other party immediately. But now after listening to his daughter's words, he was also stunned for a moment, and he also felt that there was a vague problem in it, but what the problem was, he couldn't say it for a while.

"Don't you think it's strange? If it was an ordinary person, then he didn't know that the Pawood family was normal, and if he was just a traveler passing through this place, he would naturally not care about this. But when a nobleman comes to someone else's territory, it is impossible not to investigate at all. It should be clear to him that Passus is under the jurisdiction of our Pawood family. But in this case, he still made provocative remarks, indicating that the other party came prepared. It can be seen that either the nobleman came to us for trouble at the behest of a certain force, or it was ..............." said this, and the girl groaned for a moment. “……… Either that, he didn't pay any attention to the Pawood family. Either way, I don't think we should act rashly. ”

"And what are you going to do?"

Hearing his daughter's words, old Pawood also nodded, just now he also felt that something was wrong, but now listening to his daughter's words, he found that there was indeed something strange in it.

This time, however, the girl did not answer immediately, instead, she frowned and thought for a while, and then looked at the garrison officer next to her.

"You just said that the gentleman gave you a bag of gold coins?"

"Yes, yes, Miss. A bag of gold coins, I counted, and it was indeed only a hundred............"

"Show me."

"Okay."

Hearing the girl's words, the garrison officer immediately reached into his arms and took out the money bag and handed it over respectfully. The girl took the money bag, just glanced at it, and after seeing the pattern on the surface of the money bag, the next moment, her beautiful brown eyes suddenly widened a lot.

"What's wrong?"

Sensing the girl's abnormality, Old Pawood couldn't help but ask curiously. Hearing her father's inquiry, the girl sighed, and then she stood up and walked to her father's side, and placed the money bag in front of him.

"Father, it seems that this time, we have to be patient."

“？”

Hearing this, the old man glanced at his daughter suspiciously, and then looked towards the money bag.

I saw that on the surface of the money bag, a family crest was drawn. On the dark cloth are three white rings and a six-pointed star. In the middle of the six-pointed star, a bright red snake twisted its body and gnawed its own tail.

And when he saw this sign, the old man's face suddenly turned gloomy,

"Three-ringed six-pointed star .................."

"That's right, Father."

Looking at her father's expression, the girl also sighed lightly.

"This is the hallmark of the Templar Order, and if I'm not mistaken, we're dealing with a Honored Noble." (To be continued......)