495. Déjà vu is strong
Sean didn't want to go to the royal capital of Ryan at all.
As the Grand Duke of the Duchy who is currently vassal of the Kingdom of Lane, Sean must of course personally go to the royal capital of the suzerainty to pay his respects to the deceased king. However, with Sean's status today, even if he doesn't come, no one will dare to point fingers at him, of course, what will happen in the future is also conceivable.
What's more, Sean doesn't want to get involved in the race for the throne of the Ryan Kingdom at all.
Because it is imperative for the Void Principality to break away from the Ryan Kingdom, as long as the last few minor problems of those tribes in the Wild Lands are solved, the Void Principality can smoothly take over the dominance of the Wild Lands and officially become an empire - of course, this empire must be self-proclaimed at the beginning, and it must go through a series of tests before it can truly gain a foothold and become the eighth empire on the Miracle Continent, or...... Take the place of one of the empires.
Because of this, no matter who becomes the next king of the Ryan Kingdom, Sean's relationship with the other party is unlikely to be much better.
In a sense, Sean wished that Arlan, the third prince who had a "evangelist" and claimed to be the happiness of the women of the kingdom, would become king. Because in this way, Sean will definitely be much happier when he turns his face one day in the future.
But in the end, Sean was attacked by Hela, Neil and Diana, and once again stepped into this glorious city.
However, contrary to the situation expected by the Marquis of Flores, Sean did not agree to the Marquis of Flores's request, because he did not want to get involved in this dispute for the throne. on this. The Marquis of Flores could only express regret, and then chose to take his leave that afternoon - he probably didn't know Sean well enough. But Sean's character is very clear: that is, once the Grand Duke makes any decisions, then there is no possibility of talking back.
Maybe. For the Marquis of Flores, the only takeaway was Sean's assurance that he was absolutely neutral and would not defect to any of the three contenders.
This is Sean's second visit to the royal capital of the Ryan Kingdom.
The last time was almost three years ago, and as the biggest contributor to Ryan's war against Dabion, Sean undoubtedly received the highest attention. It's just a pity that in the battle for rights, those old school aristocrats of Lane are too short-sighted - of course, they can't be blamed, after all, Sean is not only an outsider, but also has no background and history. So naturally there will be people who feel that they can eat from him.
It's a pity that Sean's counterattack is too strong, and it has also been proved that his piece of cake, which is considered fat in the eyes of others, has also broken the teeth of everyone who tries to bite it, and on the contrary, it has also allowed Sean to move towards a higher pinnacle of power - the establishment of the Void Principality. The subsequent series of events also proved that Sean is a madman who acts without scruples, and he doesn't care about the rules of the game between nobles at all.
Returning again after a three-year hiatus, Sean's mentality is obviously completely different from before. And the pomp and circumstance is higher than it was three years ago. It's also a lot more low-key, but in terms of quality, it's even more terrifying than that time.
And when he came to the royal capital of Ryan with Sean, he only had the killing of Wu Ji, who was known as a forbidden existence. Alexis.
King Ledsen since King Ingels. After Ryan's death. All of the city's colourful flags were folded and replaced with black-and-white Kingdom flags, which had a white background and black paint depicting the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Lane. All the flags were made overnight by the tailor shops of the royal capital. It was then distributed to all the occupants of the entire royal capital, for the rest of the year. Every household must fly this flag in front of their house until Ingus. A week after the funeral of His Majesty King Lane. before it is allowed to be removed.
However, even so, no royal residents were allowed to fly any flags in the following year.
Standing outside the Evergreen Suspension Bridge, Sean looked up at the Lane flag fluttering at the city gate—the flag had not risen to the top, but had fallen by half its height. In fact, after receiving Ingels. After the news of Ryan's death, all the territories in the Kingdom of Ryan, as well as the two vassal principalities, namely Sean's Void Principality and Asunna's Garrod Principality, were also lowered to half-mast as a sign of respect.
"There is a decay in this city, and even the gods don't want to look at it." Alexis stood beside Sean, frowning slightly, and her voice revealed an unconcealable disgust, "This is the capital of a country?" …… I am amazed that such a kingdom has not yet fallen and perished. ”
As Alexis, who often deals with gods, she naturally has her own keen perception, so she is indeed qualified to make this kind of comment. Even if her remarks are so direct that they are easy to accept, this domineering comes from her strong strength - strong strength has made Alexis develop a wanton and flamboyant manner, so she doesn't know what politeness is.
For Alexis's outspoken evaluation, Sean didn't know how to deal with it except for remaining silent. Because he knew very well that if he hadn't intervened, the Duchy of Lane would not have become a kingdom so quickly. Ryan won't die at this time either - at least, at the moment when Sean came into this world from the game age, Ryan, who annexed Dabion, was still a vassal of the Thousand-Year Covenant Empire, and the Grand Duke was still Ingus. Ryan.
"Ugh." Sean sighed softly, "The lust for power. Hope has completely lost the people in this city. The rancid stench emanating from them has completely eroded the city, and the glory and holiness of the past have been far from it. ”
"You can see it quite clearly." Alexis pursed his lips, "In that case, what are you still doing here?" ”
"I'm not like you, I can be unrestrained." Sean turned to look at Alexis, his eyes looked very sincere, which made Alexis slightly moved, "There are too many people around me. Even if I don't think about myself. I have to think about them too. …… This is my duty as a lord. ”
Alexis was the first to look away from Sean's face before shrugging his shoulders. As she spoke, her voice was pleasant and touching: "Anyway, after I embarked on the road to the top." I don't think about these boring things anymore. The only thing I know is that if my sword is sharp enough, it will be able to tear through any conspiracy, and no one will be able to stand in my way. …… There's only one reason that can stand in my way, and that's that I'm not strong enough, that's all. ”
"I'm not enough...... Is it strong? Sean muttered.
The sound of galloping horses sounded on the road, and along with the sound of hurried horses' hooves running, there were bursts of shouts: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! Get out of the way! This is the fearless. The carriage of Lord Marquis Lorendas! Get out of the way! ”
As if afraid that he did not know that a big man was sitting in the carriage, the coachman whipped the carriage and let out a cry with all his might.
This coachman is not very old, about twenty-five or six years old, his own strength is not bad, almost has the strength of the peak of silver, it seems that he has touched the edge of gold, and it is just around the corner to break through gold. However, if it was during the Principality of Lane, such a young man was enough to be called talented. But after annexing the kingdom of Dabion and absorbing the fortune of this kingdom, a young man like this is really not talented.
However, thanks to the fact that this driver is a master who is attacking the path of the Golden Realm, he can start roaring warnings from a long distance. This gives all pedestrians on the road enough time to react. Many of the commoners rushed to both sides of the road to make way for the middle of the road, because they knew very well what would happen if they fought against the nobles.
And some nobles who pride themselves on a little bit of strength and heritage. After hearing the name of "Fearless", he chose to avoid it. At this time, many nobles came to the royal capital to mourn. They are just local nobles who own a small territory, and their titles are not very high. Therefore, whether it is the strength of the family or the background, it is far inferior to the powerful nobleman who won the title, not to mention that he is still a marquis.
In the six classes of duke, marquis, earl, son, male, and knight in the knighthood system of the Lane Kingdom, the marquis is already the highest-level title, not to mention a powerful marquis. Therefore, even those knights whose own strength was stronger than that of the roaring coachman, or the followers and guards of various noble lords, all chose to back down at the signal of the lord to avoid any conflict with this powerful marquis.
"Fearless, Lorendas......" Sean rubbed his chin and pondered in his mind about the nobleman's origin and identity.
Since he and Asuna withdrew from the ranks of the Dukes of the Kingdom of Lane and were officially promoted to the Grand Duke of the vassal states of the Kingdom of Lane, there are only five dukes left in the Kingdom of Lane, and they are all extremely powerful dukes. However, it is said that in the past three years, Ingels. King Lane also gave three dukes successively, two of which were fictitious titles without territory and official positions, and one was a duke with real power in the royal capital without a territory but with a formal official position.
After these dukes, there were dozens of marquis in the new round, but most of them did not have fiefs and official positions, but were just fictitious titles. However, there are also some of the mainstays of the kingdom with true talent and strength, such as the Fearless. Lorendaz is one of them, and it is said that he earned the title "The Fearless" when he led a rabble of militia and mercenaries to resist the onslaught of the Monsters during an Eastern Monster Scourge about a year and a half ago.
The name of this title means "fearless, not afraid of sacrifice".
But Sean didn't believe it, the only thing he knew was that the Marquis was an enemy on the opposite side of Sean - a lord who supported the Marquis of Thorngrass. To put it simply, this new lord of real power has been Sean's enemy from the beginning, and there can be no friendship between the two sides at all.
"Get out of the way! Those two guys in front! The coachman roared again, for he saw that Sean and Alexis had not only not given way, but had taken the course of the carriage he was driving, which was nothing short of a blatant provocation, "There is the fearless one sitting in the chariot, Lord Marquis Lorendas!" ”
It was a carriage with black lacquer throughout, although it was not clear what material the wood was made of. But it shouldn't be too shabby to think about. The footsteps of the carriage were plated with a layer of silver, and the guard of the door was gilded. The carriage was surrounded by a silver frame, and an intricately shaped magic lamp hung from the corner of the edge. Even the driver's seat, where the driver sits, is covered in soft calfskin.
It seems that luxury is revealed everywhere, but the whole carriage does not look vulgar, on the contrary, there is a restrained low-key glory.
It was pulled by four tall horses, and it was also a trained military horse. Judging from the speed of this carriage at this time, it will hit Sean and Alexis in about five seconds at most, and with the belligerent factor flowing in the blood of the military horse, I am afraid that after knocking Sean and the others into the air, they will be even more excited to catch up and trample.
The civilians present all had horror in their eyes. Even the other nobles who were docked were equally frightened. There were even people who shouted for Sean to leave quickly, as if they felt that Sean and the others were so frightened that they didn't dare to move.
Neither Sean nor Alexis moved, not that they were really scared silly or anything, but it was obvious that Sean was trying to do something. So when Alexis's eyes looked at Sean and saw Sean nodding with a smile on his face, there was a hint of excitement in her eyes.
"It's good to hurt people, don't kill people yet." Sean seems to be uneasy about Alexis' murderous personality. So he hurriedly said, "Give them a little lesson, just lose face." …… Anyway, if I'm not mistaken, our trip to the royal capital won't be too peaceful. ”
"Okay." Although there is some dissatisfaction. However, Alexis reluctantly agreed after muttering.
By this time, the carriage had come to Alexis.
No one dared to watch the bloody scene that followed, and many even felt sorry for Alexis, a beautiful girl.
It's just the next second. There was an exclamation from the crowd.
A powerful air current suddenly exploded, shaking the four horses that were rushing towards Alexis and throwing them directly to the left and right. Followed by. The whole carriage split apart - but instead of being torn apart by the pull of a powerful force, it was as if it had been cut across by a sharp sword into two symmetrical halves of the left and right. The cross-section was surprisingly smooth, but it did not hurt the people sitting in the carriage.
However, compared to the coachman who fell heavily to the ground and couldn't get up for half a day and could only make a struggling sound, the middle-aged man sitting in the carriage reacted much faster. Almost as soon as the carriage split into left and right sides and flew out, he had already jumped up from it, landed steadily after a backflip, and the long swords on the left and right sides of his waist were also clasped in his hands, looking at Alexis and Sean in front of him with a solemn face.
Everyone present looked at the dramatic change with a stunned expression.
But then there was another sound of horses' hooves running, and a cavalry of about twenty men finally appeared from the rear, and then rushed up and stopped behind the Marquis of Lorentas. After a neighing of the horses, they came to a steady stop, and although the formation was a little scattered at first, it quickly returned to normal, and it could be seen that these cavalry were not negligent in their training.
"Who are you?" Lorendas shouted in a deep voice, and the majestic aura of being a powerful marquis burst out.
However, Sean did not make any response - in fact, since Sean became famous, the black-haired and black-eyed eyes have ceased to be his symbol, and many young people like to imitate the Void Grand Duke, so much so that there are too many black-haired and black-eyed young people in the Ryan Kingdom now, which is why Lorendaz did not immediately recognize Sean's identity - but turned around and began to walk towards the Evergreen Suspension Bridge, not minding exposing his back under Lorendas's nose.
Such a contemptuous move naturally made this powerful marquis with great martial arts feel extremely angry.
"Cavalry ready!" The Marquis immediately snorted.
The cavalry standing behind Lorendaz quickly formed a wedge-shaped charge, unaware of the powerful disparity between the two sides. And their move naturally caused Alexis's extreme dissatisfaction, she just cut open the carriage of the carriage with a sword but did not hurt Lorendas in the slightest, which is already enough to give face to the endure, but I never thought that these guys would be so ignorant. Then Alexis naturally does not intend to show mercy to his subordinates.
"Stop!" Just as Alexis was about to go on a killing spree, a shout of rage suddenly rang out from the walls of the Evergreen Drawbridge. Like a thunderbolt, there was a rolling sound, "This is the king's rest." If anyone dares to do it again, don't blame me for being ruthless! ”
Everyone looked up and saw a middle-aged man suspended in mid-air, his face full of majesty and anger, and it was clear that his words were not joking.
"It's Wengers, the powerhouse of the town. Lord Wilwage! ”
Someone has already recognized the identity of the middle-aged man who is standing in the air.
Lorendas's eyes flickered slightly, and he first saluted respectfully, and then said, "Lord Wengers, I ......"
"I know what you've done." Wengers, the powerhouse of the Ryan Kingdom, shouted in a deep voice, just one word and one look made Lorendas completely shut up and didn't dare to speak again.
Then this Zhenguo powerhouse, who was still at the peak of the upper holy realm, slowly turned his head to look at Sean. However, when he felt that Sean's strength realm was already in the middle of the holy realm, his pupils still shrank imperceptibly, and then he said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency the Grand Duke of the Void, now that the king has been called by the grace of the gods to step into the kingdom of God, this is his last period of tranquility in the human world, I hope you can restrain a little." ”
Wengers's words, like throwing a magic bomb on the surface of the lake, instantly aroused the shock of everyone on the road outside the Evergreen Suspension Bridge. And just now he was forced back by Alexis. Lorendas, who felt embarrassed and indignant, turned even more pale at this time, and he couldn't imagine what kind of fate he would have ended up with if it weren't for the sudden appearance of Wengers, the powerhouse of the town, at least for now. He, or the forces behind him, were not ready to go to war with Sean, the Grand Duke of the Void, again.
"I've always been restrained." Sean said lightly, glancing at Lorendaz out of the corner of his eye. As if sensing Sean's gaze, the fearless man didn't look like "fearless" at all. not afraid of sacrifice", but shivered like a quail. "But only if no one comes to provoke me, otherwise I don't mind repeating what I did three years ago."
Hearing Sean's arrogant voice, Wengers, a powerhouse who was only loyal to the kingdom, seemed to want to say something to refute it, or to frustrate Sean's sharpness, but before the words came out, he felt a sharper killing machine locked on his body. When Wengers took a closer look, he found that this killing trick came from the black-haired woman who followed Sean, and Wengers also had an intuition that he was by no means the opponent of this woman.
As soon as this thought came to him, Wengers felt a shock in his heart.
However, Sean didn't pay attention to what Wengers, the powerhouse of the town, was thinking, and since he had said what he wanted to say and what he should say, he continued to move forward. This time, let alone queuing, no one dared to stand in front of Sean at all, and everyone wanted to stay away from Sean, the Grand Duke of the Void, for fear of accidentally becoming the object of his anger - after all, no one present had stepped into the realm of the Holy Realm, so they couldn't realize the crisis when Wengers and Sean confronted him just now, so in their opinion, Sean was cut face by Wengers, the powerhouse of the town.
According to the understanding of the aristocracy, the higher the status of the person, the more he will want to find a punching bag to vent when he is cut face, so naturally no one will want to send it to the door to act as that punching bag at this time. Even if almost all of these people present wanted to have a good relationship with Sean, the Grand Duke of the Void, they would never choose now, but had already begun to figure out how to knock on the door of Sean's reception room after entering the city.
As the dispute in front of the Evergreen Suspension Bridge began to spread to the royal capital, the news of Sean, the Grand Duke of the Void, entering the city strongly, naturally began to become more and more magical. And some of the old people in the royal capital couldn't help but recall that three years ago, this Void Grand Duke seemed to enter the city so strongly-the two times he entered the royal capital was almost identical, but the last time he saw blood, this time it was for the sake of the king's death, so he didn't see blood.
As for Sean's arrival, some people are naturally happy and some are sad, and there are even all kinds of vicious curses. (To be continued......)
PS: The second update arrives, and the total of today's two chapters is a total of 1.1W+ words......