The entire imperial palace is basically in a state of defenselessness, and there are no city walls, the arrow towers are even those towering magic towers, which are also different from the general style, and it seems that they are also used to study or maintain the environment, rather than defend against attacking enemies, at least Richard did not see a device on the spire to release magical energy attacks

If an enemy sneaks through the Whispering Forest and sneaks up directly from the Lake of Dreams, then he can cross the city and take the Imperial Palace directly, and the idea that just came to Richard's mind was immediately dismissed

This is a shortcut, but it can also be said to be the most difficult route, because the Imperial Palace is inhabited by the Emperor Garan, and the manor of the Martial Saint Hidden Sword is in the depths of the Whispering Forest

The walls of the Emerald Sky Lake are used more for decoration and city management than for defending against enemies

A thousand years ago, when the millennium empire was founded, the founding emperor Roman Rolland once stood on the shore of the lake of dreams and delivered a famous founding speech

She said at the time: "If my enemies can fight here, then the empire will also perish, so the Emerald Sky Lake will be an undefended city, and my descendants must have the courage to keep any enemy out of the country."

Since then, the Millennial Empire has continued to have an extremely tough foreign style

Since then, successive emperors have continued to expand abroad, and the biggest setback for hundreds of years has been the failure of the northward movement, but at that time, the thousand-year-old empire was defeated by Charles

Charles and his seven generals swept across the northern continents, and on this basis, he established the Holy Alliance, and then launched the largest expedition in the history of the human race, completing the great feat of killing the abyss lord demon dragon Dalamomaa, and his peerless martial arts can be called unprecedented

In addition to the beauty given by nature, the Emerald Sky Lake can feel the precipitation of history and time everywhere when you walk in it, and perhaps a very ordinary sculpture may have a long history, which is completely different from the strange exotic style of Fused

Richard stood in front of a small inn and stared intently at the fountain in the center of the courtyard

There is a stone sculpture of an elf girl in the fountain, all kinds of decorations and sculptures related to the theme of the elf are so numerous in the Emerald Sky Lake that they are almost flooded, this stone sculpture has a history of at least hundreds of years or even more, but there are also many older sculptures in the Emerald Sky Lake, what really attracts Richard is the details of the clothes on this elf girl's body

"Do you like this statue very much, Master?" a crisp voice interrupted Richard's thoughts

Richard turned his head to see that it was a young girl who was talking in the clothes of a hotel maid, so he smiled and said, "Yes, it looks very historical, and her clothes and hair accessories are very special."

Seeing Richard's face clearly, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up, revealing an even brighter smile, and said: "You are really knowledgeable, and you are so young, in fact, this statue comes from the Eternal Night Forest, originally left by the Silver Moon Elves."

Richard nodded: "It is indeed a masterpiece of art"

The girl suddenly said with some indignation: "The Silver Moon Elves are all noble and elegant real High Elves, the Eternal Night Forest is said to be the most beautiful place on the Norland continent, but it was destroyed by the group of nouveau riche and barbarians of the Holy Alliance, I heard that they even burned down the World Tree with a fire, can you imagine what a terrible crime this is?"

Richard was a little embarrassed, and at the same time his heart was filled with lingering sadness, it was in this war that Gordon and Illani came together, and then separated in the blink of an eye, never to see each other again

Richard sighed deeply and said, "That is indeed an eternal regret"

The girl suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Ah, I'm going to work, if Aunt Winser knows, I'm chatting with someone again, forgetting the time, and scolding me again, by the way, have you just arrived at the Jade Sky Lake, have you found a place to live, if not, just stay in our store, I'll prepare a pot of flowers for you, and Aunt Winser will make pies at night, and many people will come over to eat."

"Okay," Richard agreed, and then looked up at the inn again

The courtyard and buildings in front of me are not large, but they are very delicate and clean, and like many buildings in the Emerald Sky Lake, it is also very old, at least two or three hundred years old

Richard asked for a bright and clean room, and the price was modest by the standards of the Emerald Sky Lake

The girl's heart immediately verified her opinion of Richard, a young, elegant, and promising intermediate mage, who traveled to find a breakthrough opportunity, or came to the Emerald Sky Lake in search of a future

When Richard stopped, the girl brought a glass of wine and dessert, and then quickly said, "My name is Irene," and ran out as fast as she could

Erin was a name that Richard had almost forgotten, but when the dust was wiped away, it was found hidden in a corner and intact

Richard shook his head helplessly, buried this memory again, and outside the window, the cheerful laughter of the girl of the same name was like a silver bell, and the nose was slightly hot in the afternoon, and the scent of flowers steaming out of the air seemed to be gone with the wind

Richard was stunned for a moment, picked up the map of the Emerald Sky Lake prepared by the hotel for the guests on the desk, looked at it carefully, and engraved every detail in his mind

With one day left before the official auction, he could walk around the city and maybe find something interesting

The Tongshu district is a well-known adventurer's paradise in the city, full of all kinds of war and adventure-related shops, and most of them also buy materials from visiting adventurers, so there are some oddities, and Richard is ready to spend an afternoon wandering around and trying his luck

When Richard walked into the paulownia district, the first thing that caught Richard's eye was the various shop pù signs and eye-catching door decorations in the shade of the trees, the buildings themselves are works of art and have been given special value by their long history, and adventurers of all shapes and sizes wander through the area, looking for opportunities or exchanging loot for money

Richard walked over to the shops and was surprised to find that there were many high-level magic items here, and the level of goods was even higher than that of Faust's trade area

Along the way, Richard's backpack was gradually full, filled with the magic materials he had scavenged, and there were even a few materials that could be used on the Midalen Battle Edition, which was also an unexpected surprise, of course, the price was not cheap, and for this whole bag of materials, Richard paid the magic crystal equivalent to 500,000 gold coins

At dinner time, Richard went back to the small inn, enjoyed Aunt Winser's delicious pie, chatted with Erin for a while, and then stretched to go back to his room, Erin's eyes were a little resentful, but Richard only left her a smile and closed the door

Richard opened his kit and began to draw a number of key functions, and the quiet night passed

Early the next morning, Richard hired a carriage and went to the private theatre of the Duke of Abyss, where the auction was scheduled

When Richard reached the gate, two guards in ornate armor blocked the way, and at the same time, several powerful mental fluctuations swept through Richard, revealing that the defense in the shadows was extremely powerful, far from being as simple as the two flashy sentinels on the surface

Richard took out the invitation and handed it to the guards, and waited quietly

A moment later, an elderly mage hurried out and saluted Richard reservedly but respectfully, saying, "Your Highness, please come with me."

Richard was led directly to a box in the theater, where there were already three people waiting for him, one was the Marquis Lu Yao who sent the invitation, the other was the legendary Grand Magister, and the third was a middle-aged nobleman

Marquis Lu looked to be in his early fifties, and his hair was half gray, but he was meticulously dressed overall, obviously paying great attention to detail

When Richard walked in, all three stood up politely

Marquis Lu smiled first: "I didn't expect His Royal Highness Richard to come in person, especially in this sensitive period, we feel extremely honored, please allow me to introduce this Master Tom first, a famous master of identification."

The archmage and Richard made a mage salute to each other, and although the old mage still didn't say a word, his expression softened

Marquis Lu continued to introduce: "This is the agent of the Imperial Family of the Count of Lomdoc, and many important purchases of the Imperial Family have passed through the hands of the Earl, so since there is still a long time before the auction, His Royal Highness Richard, why did you come so early?"

Richard took out a small magic box and placed it on the table and said, "I have two things that I would like to sell at auction or use to offset the cost of bidding on the lot."

Lu Zhen nodded to Tom, the old mage took the magic sealing box and opened it carefully, and when the lid of the box opened, an indescribable rich bloody aura immediately overflowed, making the three of them all face change

The old mage felt it for a moment before he completely opened the magic sealing box, divided it into two layers, the upper and lower layers, and after opening the upper layer, he could see that there was a similar structure on the lower layer

The old mage took out an alchemy magnifying glass, put it on his eyes, carefully examined the two configurations, and almost put his face on them, he looked at them almost centimeter by centimeter, and only after a full hour did he raise his head and say, "I can be sure that these two are life destruction."

Both Lu and Lomdoc were slightly disappointed, and they were looking forward to Richard's unprecedented new work, which would cause enough sensation at auction

In fact, the more advanced the constructor, the more difficult it is to innovate, but Richard has really brought too many surprises to people in the past, so Lu Zhen instinctively has some expectations, and life is indeed worth a lot, but it is not enough to become the highlight of this auction

However, Tom wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off his magnifying glass, and wiped it vigorously, and said the second half of the sentence

ps: I wish you all good food, good fun, and good rest