Martin looked very carefully, and examined it for a whole hour, before he stood up straight, let out a long breath, and said: "Very perfect, dear Your Highness Richard, you are really a genius, these three sets of Midalen are not inferior to the original left by St. Peter back then, although the original will be somewhat irreparably worn out after a long time, and you are not a legendary mage." ”

St. Martin glanced at Richard again, and surprise flashed across his face: "You are already a legend,." ”

Richard was also slightly startled and said, "Your eyes are so powerful." After these few days, he has stabilized the legendary realm, and there is no uncontrollable power overflow, and at this time he is in a relatively relaxed state, as usual, he should not be seen through the strength level at a casual glance.

St. Martin no longer concealed it, two holy lights flashed in his eyes, but gradually faded, and he smiled: "God has given me the eye of insight, which can see through some things under the surface, but it is not very useful. ”

St. Martin's answer made Richard secretly frightened, he didn't know what the difference between the so-called eye of insight and his true talent was, of course Richard knew the usefulness of his true talent, if this was also not very useful, then he really didn't know what it meant to be useful.

After inspecting it, Martin packed the components back into the Demon Sealing Box, and called the two middle-aged knights to transport the Demon Sealing Box back to the Sacred Tree Dynasty immediately.

It wasn't until he watched the four entourages disappear into the magic array, and a moment later, when the peace message came back, that Martin relaxed.

He smiled and turned to Richard and said, "No, this thing is so important that it makes you see a joke." ”

"I know that you are nervous too, so I can feel at ease. Richard replied.

The two walked into the study, and Richard called for refreshments and wine.

St. Martin first offered a drink for the successful cooperation between the two, and then said: "Now that the transaction between us is mostly completed, I owe you a promise, a friendship without limits."

He paused suddenly, "You, you don't want to cash in now, do you?" ”

Richard nodded and said, "I have a problem right now and need your support. ”

Martin was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Even you feel troublesome, that's a big trouble, let's say, what's the matter." ”

Richard briefly recounted the decision to shelter Nereus and what had happened.

Martin listened and listened, and he couldn't even hold back his wry smile, and when Richard finished speaking, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he had to take out a square towel to wipe it.

"You, you're also called trouble. Martin shook his head helplessly and sighed.

He stood up, walked around the room, and then couldn't help but complain: " You are simply crazy, Nereus is just a prince, no matter how important the friendship is, is it worth it for you to stake the fate of the entire family, who is uncertain, not to mention the great achievements of this woman back then, it is in front of her, she is the one who came back alive from the outer lands, do you think that in her eyes, what holy alliance, what royal family is really important, those are nothing to her, I can't think of anything she has any concerns or scruples about, such a super strong person, you dare to provoke, she is the most terrible type, you don't call it trouble, this is suicide。 ”

Martin's complaints went on and on, and Richard listened patiently and said, "So, your promise can't be used in this matter, can you?" ”

Martin's eyes widened, and he snorted: "I didn't say that, as the future pope of the Church of Light, the first person under the light of God, my promise will never change, I just said, you have to figure it out, this matter may not be resolved peacefully, most of the time there will be a fight." ”

"I know. ”

Martin looked at Richard, sighed heavily, shook his head, and said, "You're simply crazy, alas, there's no way, if you really want to fight that crazy woman, count me in, alas." ”

Richard was stunned, he just wanted Martin to express his support in politics, but he didn't expect this guy to be willing to go directly to the war.

Richard stood up and held out his hand to Martin.

"What for. Martin asked.

"Make an alliance. ”

With a snap, this time it was Martin who knocked off Richard's hand: "Ally with you, and I will die quickly." ”

The day passed like this, and at dusk a royal messenger came to the floating island of Akmund and informed Richard that the Empress Uncertainty wanted to see him early tomorrow morning.

Those who should come always have to come, and when he got the news, Richard was relieved.

At ten o'clock the next morning, Richard arrived at the Hall of Mirrors of the palace on time.

In addition to Richard, the heads of the wealthy families on the floating islands have arrived one after another and sat down in their respective positions.

When all the heads of the family arrived, the uncertain and turbidity currents walked into the Hall of Mirrors.

Empress Shi Shiran walked to the high chair in the center, threw herself in, raised her feet, and set up the conference table directly, while Turbidity stood behind the uncertain chair, her gaze lingering on St. Martin for a few more moments, who raised her head and smiled at him like a standard clergyman.

Wuding said lazily: "Let's start when everyone is here, Richard, you snatched my little toy, how are you going to explain this matter." ”

Richard straightened up and said word by word: "Nereus is my friend, he is not your toy, I will protect him, I will not allow you to do that to him again, for this, I will not hesitate to pay a price." ”

"Even if it's war. "Indefinite is still lazy.

"Even if it's war. Richard's originally slightly impassioned tone was completely calm at the moment, but the calmer he was, the more people could see his determination.

Everyone didn't expect that as soon as the two sides came up, they would go straight to the topic, and they were about to collapse in just a few words, and several heads of the family immediately opened their mouths one after another, trying to ease the stiff atmosphere.

Wuding turned a deaf ear, looked at his nails, and said, "Hand over Neris, and pay enough compensation for your rudeness, and the matter will be settled for the time being." Her voice was not loud, but it pierced through everyone's mouths and clearly expressed her will.

Many of the heads of the families present were much older than Wuding, and they had heard of the decisive battle that year, and they could probably guess the entanglement between the empress and the four princes, so most of them chose to remain silent.

For a moment, there was silence in the Hall of Mirrors.

Richard said in a deep voice: "The grievances of the previous generation are the affairs of the previous generation, and they should not involve the next generation, Nereus is my friend, and he should not bear these things." ”

Wu Ding smiled, raised his eyes and looked directly at Richard: "Who said that this is related to the grievances of the previous generation, I just like her and want to play with her, what's wrong, who can object, who dares to object." ”

There was a dead silence in the Hall of Mirrors.

Richard was also deep in thought, his face pale.

However, Empress Wuding obviously did not have any detour interest, her face sank, and she regained her indifference and coldness, and said: "Richard, do you know why no one objected, it is because they know very well that this throne has no meaning to me at all, and any laws and rules are a dead letter, if I want, I can kill their entire clan slowly, you can't keep Neris, and the consequence of angering me is that you Akmund will bury her with her, are you willing, or, I will kill you right here, who can stop me." ”

Richard's face was extremely ugly, and what he had feared most finally happened.

In the face of absolute force, all politics and strategy are useless, therefore, even if the wealthy family does not have a legend, it must have the ability to balance the legend, and in the same way, if you want to negotiate conditions with the super strong, you must get the corresponding bargaining chips, when the super strong only talk about force, there is really no good way to deal with it, and like Wuding, which itself belongs to the super strong who has nothing to worry about and has no scruples, it is even more incomprehensible.

At this time, St. Martin stood up, laughed, and said aloud: "Beautiful Empress, why bother to make things unsolvable, perhaps we should follow the old tradition a little, you put forward a feasible condition, and Richard will complete it, the wisdom of the ancients is still very valuable." ”

Speaking of this, Saint Martin paused, looked around at the heads of the wealthy families, and then continued: "Of course, from the standpoint of the Holy Tree Dynasty, I really hope that you can kill you to the death, so that when the army of my Holy Tree Dynasty is overwhelmed and the strong people ascend to Faust, it will be much smoother." ”

Martin's voice was pleasant, like a choir's salute, but what he said was like a needle that made people want to jump.

In addition to the Holy Alliance, the other two empires have at least two super powerhouses, and under the water, most of them have other hole cards, the millennium is not an empty slogan on paper, the Holy Alliance currently only has the Empress Wuding to support the overall situation, of course, and Su Helen, but with her relationship with the amorphous situation and water and fire, she is already very good-tempered if she does not play the floating world.

Under Richard's management, Akmund is now in the top five of the Holy Alliance, and the constructs produced by Richard and his workshop have steadily increased the strength of the Holy Alliance's armies and powerhouses.

If Wuding kills Richard here, the Akmund family will almost immediately become a plate of scattered sand, and the strength of the Holy Alliance will inevitably be greatly damaged.

As for the strong ones, once the two super powerhouses of the Holy Tree Dynasty come to Faust in person, I am afraid that they will have to flee as soon as possible.

The heads of the family immediately thought of a question that was often overlooked, because of Richard Akmund's status as the patriarch, the speed of the nouveau riche expansion of the army, and the tough methods of several civil wars, people always subconsciously regarded Richard as a dangerous competitor first, and Richard's promotion to the rank of saint constructor could only increase this danger, because a powerful force that could not be neutralized by nature was actually a threat.

However, even if the wealthy no longer want to see Richard's weight increase, from the national level, he has actually occupied a pivotal position.