Chapter 286: Lydia's Promise

Just as Lawne had thought, the change of venue immediately caused an uproar throughout the Principality of Moon. 1 - It's no wonder that a long-established festival suddenly changed venue inexplicably, which naturally surprised many people. However, they did not think it was so strange, because many people already knew that the reason why the Midsummer Festival was held in the Golden City was Lydia's idea. The Grand Duke was naturally fond of funny, so it was not surprising that he would interfere in the holding of the Midsummer Festival.

And what made the mercenaries even more excited was that this midsummer festival competition was actually held in the Holy Arena!

This is no ordinary place! In the Duchy of Moon, the Holy Arena holds a very high status.

Once upon a time, the Holy Arena existed to select the most loyal, bravest, and strongest guards to form a personal guard loyal to the Dragons of Light. They are not only the pride of the Duchy of Moon, but also the spokesmen of the strongest under the soul of the entire Radiant Dragon.

Time has passed, and as the Dragon of Light has gradually lost its power under the suppression of the Council, the purpose of the Holy Arena has changed, and the Council "replaced" the Dragon of Light more than a hundred years ago to "reject" this glorious tradition. According to their words, a true warrior should dedicate everything he has to this continent where the light shines, not to a specific being. Moreover, even if she is the inheritor of the Radiant Dragon Soul, she is only one person, and it is really a waste to let the top powerhouses of this continent serve one person.

However, the Duchy of Moon is definitely not a fan of the Council, and they know better than anyone that the reason why the Council is doing this is that they are afraid that the heirs of the Dragon of Light will have a strong military force in their hands to oppose them, so they deliberately find an excuse to try to cancel this activity. However, the Duchy of Moon did not react to this, they still retained the duties of the Holy Arena, and did not cancel the tradition as recommended by the Council of the Radiant Dragons. It's just that the situation has changed, and the victors of the arena no longer swear allegiance to the dragon of light as before, but swear to fight for the guardian of the dragon of light——— this is a complete play on words, everyone in the world knows that the Duchy of Moon has always been loyal to the dragon of light, and this has never changed. Even though the Council of the Radiant Dragons has always despised them for engaging in this "ignorant cult of personality", the Duchy of Moon still goes its own way and does not repent. And the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides are not only reflected here, but also in all aspects. From the standpoint of the Radiant Dragon Council, they have been trying to proclaim that this continent belongs to all the people of Light, not a specific existence. Every citizen of the Continent of Light can come and change this world, and as the representatives of these people, they certainly have a good enough reason to exercise their power.

But in the eyes of the Duchy of Moon, this continent belongs to the Dragon of Light, and you are all its people, so you should obey the will of the Dragon of Light, rather than disobey and rebel against its majesty and glory. Not to mention self-interest, which is even more intolerable.

It is precisely because of the positions of both sides that the tension between the Duchy of Moon and the Council of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom has been determined. From the perspective of the former, the latter is a great rebel who is trying to seek power and usurp the throne under a high-sounding banner. In the view of the latter, the former is a conservative aristocracy that stubbornly refuses to accept the progress of history and civilization in order to maintain the basis of their rule. And as the spokesmen of the people, they must resist the rule of these privileged classes, so that the people of the Continent of Light can enjoy true equality and freedom!

Both sides believe that they are not at fault, so the confrontation is all-encompassing, from the civil to the official. The people of the Duchy of Moon think that the guys of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom are a group of treacherous people who pick up their knives and forks and call their mothers, and put down their knives and forks to scold their mothers. The Radiant Dragon Nation believes that the people of the Duchy of Moon are poor worms who have been brainwashed by the ruling class, and they don't know what they are defending at all, but they don't have the ability to judge themselves. …,

In terms of momentum, the Principality of Moon is definitely at a disadvantage when it competes with the strength of a single country against the more than thirty alliances of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom. In fact, now basically on the Continent of Light, except for the Principality of Moon itself and some tribes in the bitter cold land on the border, most people are under the propaganda of the Council of the Dragon Kingdom of Light and think that the Principality of Moon is a group of nobles who are greedy for pleasure, they only care about their own enjoyment, and desperately oppress the people. And those people have long been brainwashed by them to think that they are justified as slaves......... Look, what a wretched bunch.

But many of them didn't know that the amount of money paid by the Duchy of Moon to the Radiant Dragon Nation each year accounted for one-third of all the Radiant Dragon's financial revenue, and they also branded themselves completely different from other territories, ** nakedly proclaiming these gifts of loyalty to the Radiant Dragon. As for the Radiant Dragon Council? Or is it for the people of the Continent of Light? I'm sorry, this is not our responsibility, we have done our duty as courtiers, so how to use this money is the matter of the dragon of light, and it has nothing to do with us.

According to what the Council of the Radiant Dragon has always said, they should righteously refuse this huge amount of money at this time, because according to them, it is the gold coin full of blood and tears that the evil nobles of Moon oppressed and exploited the vast number of toiling people, and they could not accept such dirty money.

But do they dare?

Every member of the Council of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom does not say anything, but they know very well in their hearts that as the richest and most economically powerful principality of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom, the money from Moon is the basis for truly supporting the existence of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom......... So even if people didn't take the Radiant Dragon Parliament in their eyes at all, they had to pinch their noses and admit it.

These old coming-of-age events will be brought up later, and they will return to the Holy Arena.

Although the Dragon of Light itself can no longer add to the arena because of the above reasons, it has not declined because of this. Every few years, similar trials and trials come up here, but unlike the previous ones, the winner here becomes the Guardian of Glory of the Duchy of Moon——— which is also a great title.

It's just that those who were qualified to step into the Holy Arena before were those who had been famous for a long time, as well as those with noble status. For the mercenaries, although they also look forward to this stage, they themselves know very well that this is just a dream, they don't have the strength, let alone the qualifications to enter the most sacred stage.

But now, the dream has come true.

What makes the mercenaries even more excited is that they not only have the opportunity to step on this sacred stage, but may even obtain glory that they never dreamed of——— while changing the location of the festival, Lydia also announced to the entire Duchy of Moon in her own name that the winner of this midsummer festival will not only be able to obtain the sacred title of Guardian of Glory, but also be qualified to fulfill one of her wishes.

Any wish is fine!

As soon as these words came out, the entire principality suddenly exploded.

You must know that Lydia is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, and she is still beautiful and moving, such a peerless beautiful girl admits in public that she can fulfill "any wish" of the winner, and any normal man will think about it. There are even mercenaries who have begun to dream, can they become the winner themselves, and they can have a close contact with this beautiful and moving Highness that even he dare not think of? Or rather............ If your wish is for her to marry her, then wouldn't she take a big advantage!? ..., ordinary mercenaries can think of this, so of course the four major mercenary guilds can think of it.

Naturally, Rhodes is also very clear.

Merely...............

"What do you think? Marlene? ”

He put down the notice from the Moon General Association of the Mercenary Association in his hand and looked at Marlene, who was sitting on the side, frowning and showing a helpless expression.

"I don't know what His Highness Dao is thinking."

Regarding Rod's inquiry, Marlene could only answer so helplessly in the end.

"The only thing I can say is that Your Highness has never been the kind of person who makes decisions casually when he is hot-headed......... Of course, I admit that she often gives people the feeling that it seems to be a whim, and then she has made up her mind. But in fact, it won't be until it's all over that you'll find out that she's already planned........."

"I see what you mean."

Rhodes also empathizes with Marlene's explanation, and this is also the case in the game, His Royal Highness occasionally has a lot of inexplicable ideas, and even in the battle against the Dark Dragon Kingdom, she will occasionally make some tasks that make the player seem to be simply out of the line. Of course, as players, as long as they can complete the tasks and get rewards, they don't care so much. But every time they completed those seemingly inexplicable tasks, they found that they had inadvertently done their best to take advantage of the entire battle——— and it was with Lydia's out-of-the-box thinking and elusive tactics that the Principality of Moon was able to resist the Dark Dragon Kingdom with the strength of a single country for so long.........

In the end, though, she failed.

Rod is very familiar with Lydia, and because he is so familiar, he always feels that there is a strong smell of conspiracy behind this statement. Maybe for others, Lydia's words were just an unintentional slip of the tongue by the little girl, but Rod knew very well that Lydia must have made a plan a long time ago, so he said it on purpose.

Don't think that the archangel won't engage in intrigues, this is the most unscientific idea.

What's more, there is also the mission of that [Peak of Glory].

The contents of the record are vague, and in the taskbar, there are only a few sentences written.

"Victory at the Midsummer Festival, return to the path of glory, and regain the glory of loss."

In just one sentence, there is no specific mission goal, and there is no specific mission reward. However, Rhodes does not think that this is a dispensable task, because the color of this task can be seen that it is an elite mission, and the reward for completing it must be very rich.

Not to mention, Lydia's promise.........

Rod put away the letter in his hand and stood up.

"Marlene, are you ready?"

"It's almost there, we can go at any time, Mr. Rhodes."

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene quickly replied.

"Good."

Hearing this, Rod nodded, and then he walked to the door and pulled it open.

"Well, then, it's time for us to go."

Then, Rod spoke very calmly.