Chapter 925

With the long chant of the Dragon mirassis pouring into the sky, the floating city of "horn Castle" finally landed slowly under the attention of the public and stopped on the square facing the gate of the heavenly palace.

Almost at the same time of landing, the Legion soldiers standing guard around immediately rushed up and surrounded the whole floating city. Even the exit and parapet were blocked, as if they were afraid of assassins.

The sky palace is a great alarm. From a distance, you can see the Legion soldiers holding bows and arrows rushing up the wall. You can also see a lot of heavy crossbows and torque catapults, which have aimed at the tower of the floating city.

At the command, the clarion castle will be covered with countless arrows and stone guns... If she won't resist.

Just looking at this battle, we can probably guess what the nobles in the imperial capital, especially the former cabinet and the royal family, think of his highness Brandon.

After looking at Brandon, who was still terrified but pretended to be normal, Loren couldn't help sighing... His choice was correct. If he really ordered a raid on the imperial capital at the beginning, he would probably be declared a disorderly subject and thief before he won the city gate.

It seems that he has long been used to this palace. The flying mirassis did not land, but hovered at the top of the heavenly palace.

According to the information Loren got from the remaining night watchmen in the imperial capital, it seems that there is still some kind of void barrier similar to the Dragon King City to resist the dragon's air attack

The "city gate" of the floating city opened and stood in front of it. The Legion soldiers immediately separated on both sides and formed a channel with shields and halberds; At the end of the passage stood metterne Leopold with a smile.

"The minister in charge of the seal greeted him personally. It's really flattering."

With a smile, the black haired wizard slowly walked down the stairs and walked towards each other: "I thought it was the night watchman and the jailer of the black prison waiting for me."

"Where, where, you always like to surprise people, your excellency Duke Loren Turin." the seal minister was not smiling, and his old face was very indifferent:

"The floating city from Byrne, with the roar of the dragon, landed in front of the gate of the sky palace... Such a legendary story, the nobles in the imperial capital will no longer lack the talk capital of banquets and salons in the next year."

The dark haired wizard shrugged and made no comment.

"Although it may be just a waste of words, Duke Loren Turin... Do you really understand the consequences of doing so?" metterne Leopold whispered: "you are almost using your own strength to challenge the nobles and churches in the imperial capital."

"I'm just using the fastest way I can think of to get to the imperial capital." Lauren's face showed a formulaic smile: "as for why I stopped in front of the gate of the heavenly palace... You know, this new thing is generally unstable."

Such an "official" reply made the seal minister, who had long been familiar with such cliches, laugh.

Not very stable... That is, if she is "unstable", she is likely to fall on the top of the imperial Cathedral, isn't she?

"Since you say so, you must have been ready to face their criticism." the minister in charge of the seal turned his eyes to the back of the black haired Wizard:

"His highness Brandon de sallion is also in this floating city, isn't he?"

Lauren raised her eyebrows and continued to pretend to be silly: "I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're talking about."

Look up at the Dragon mirassis on the top of your head. Dare you repeat that to me again?

Or is there another Dragon Rider in the world besides his highness Brandon... If so, it's really the great luck of the Empire.

Of course, the old metterne Leopold would not say such words; Since the other party is unwilling to admit it, everyone knows it.

What's more... Your highness Brandon should not show up for the next thing.

"Duke Loren Turin, you are a sensible man. I believe you must have your own consideration of things." the seal minister nodded slightly and waved sideways behind him:

"Dear Byrne guests, the vault of heaven has its own reception place; Duke, please go alone with me - there can be no one else where we are going."

The footsteps roared, and the Legion soldiers on both sides immediately got out of the way; With the sound of heavy chains and gears turning, the main door of the heavenly palace was opened.

Loren accepted it gladly, nodded to the Byrne knights and the Earls behind him, and couldn't help sighing at the bottom of his heart.

Neither hard nor soft, nor oil and salt... The seal minister is really good at pretending to be stupid and defusing contradictions.

According to the script "made up" by Loren and Brandon, they should make a big fuss when they just get off the floating city, show the force of the floating city, and give connord's supporters some color to see - since they want to show off, of course, they should show off completely.

However, the minister in charge of the seal seemed to have realized this for a long time. He not only "drove away" connord in advance, but also stubbornly rounded up all his lies.

Through the heavily guarded main gate of the sky palace, the accompanying Byrne knights and earls, and even Loren's personal guards (Lucian strongly protested, invalid) were "forced" to the side hall by the guards of the sky palace.

On the way to the bluestone slab deeper in the sky palace, only Loren and metterne Leopold were left.

Despite the turbulence of "assassination night", there was no trace in the whole Tianqiong Palace - the colonnade in the main hall was still towering, and the bluestone slab at the foot still exuded a solemn atmosphere.

According to Peter FASA, one of the Elven assassins that night was good at range attack and used the "way of Samurai" of fire and ice, which almost destroyed the gate and main hall of the sky palace.

But now... The dark haired wizard can't even tell which colonnade or stone slab is old or new - except for a slight gap, it's no different at all.

The only difference is that the surrounding guards and blockades are much tighter than when I came last time.

Is this the inside story of desalion, the Dragon King family, who has been honored for 12 generations and is above the top of the Empire?

"There is a doubt in your expression." the seal minister slowly opened his mouth as he walked leisurely: "is it because there are more guards around than you saw when you came last time?"

The dark haired wizard shrugged.

"I think it's understandable. Last time, I was an unknown little wizard summoned by the emperor." Loren said with a smile: "this time I'm Duke Bain, who took the army and the Earls to the sky palace."

"The Duke is joking again. For the sky palace, the Duke and the wizard are the same; increasing the guard is only the necessary warning after the assassination, otherwise the former cabinet and the military minister will not look good."

It's still oil and salt.

Lauren, who keeps a formulaic smile, has a stiff smile.

"But... Speaking of the night of assassination, I heard that the Duke not only failed the Azores assassin, but also succeeded in catching a prisoner?"

Metterne changed the topic again and focused on the Azores: "it's a long time since that sad night. I think you must know the situation of the Azores Kingdom like the back of your hand?"

The seal minister... He is still avoiding the topic from Brandon and connord.

However, I happen to coincide with myself... Maybe I can take the opportunity to win over the former Imperial Cabinet.

"Yes, that's why I wrote the 'Imperial declaration'... I don't know whether the former cabinet and the desalion royal family in the sky palace know it, but the Azores are really an enemy that can't be underestimated." Loren said positively:

"You may think I'm exaggerating; but the fact is that even if we unite as one, we may not be able to successfully repel their invasion..."

Loren's words stopped suddenly, because metterne Leopold on his side suddenly stopped and stared at himself with complex eyes.

"Lord metney Leopold?"

"Loren Turin, I've always been curious about you and kept studying you, really." the seal minister suddenly said, "not from the trial before the imperial court, but from the time of eboden."

"Yes, it may be a surprise to you... But in fact, your existence was noticed by the heavenly palace much earlier than you thought - I guess your majesty knew your existence, maybe earlier."

As soon as the dark haired wizard wanted to say something, he was stopped by metterne Leopold.

"You know, for your highness Brandon... Or for many people, you are good at bringing 'surprises' to others. On this point, I have to praise you. Indeed, your performance is perfect from the civil strife in eboden to the Centaur war, and even this Azor spirit incident."

"Why are you so perfect?" the seal minister seemed to be asking and answering himself: "I've been thinking hard for a long time, but I can't understand it - maybe you think it's caused by the pedantry of an old man; maybe, but at my grade, I don't believe in a Savior anymore."

"So the answer is that you are different from all of us... Including the two highness de sallion."

"For us, we believe in the Holy Cross, even on the surface; follow imperial laws and customs, even if only pretending; stick to tradition and pride, and do things in line with our identity... These are things instilled in our bones and souls."

"But to you... I'm not slandering you, but from what you've done, all this is like the background of a legend for you; you completely follow another set and have no same 'cognition' as us."

"From the Aberdeen rebellion to the 'Imperial declaration', your actions seem to tell me that this empire can be saved not only by the emperor, but also by anyone - this is a treacherous idea that even the 'black Duke' has never had!"

Metterne de sallion frowned and looked very solemn: "so now I tell you - if you choose a new emperor of the thirteenth generation, he is your monarch; this is a sacred oath, not some kind of 'contract'; unless it is irreparable, you can't break your emperor, let alone betray him!"

"You are 'sworn allegiance' to your emperor, not the same thing as reaching an agreement with him; even Roland Turin, even if his reputation has almost surpassed that of the Dragon Queen... He finally proved his oath and loyalty with death."

"In the saxophone Empire, there is only an emperor, no Savior; if there is, it must be our emperor!"

The sonorous and powerful words echoed in the ears of the black haired wizard.

The dark haired wizard nodded to show that he understood.

I see... That's why the imperial nobles rejected themselves and Brandon so much, but now they try their best to resolve the contradiction between themselves and Connor.

Traditions, rules, customs, classes... These things they stick to have become the "sakran Empire" itself in their eyes.

So while they tried their best to repel themselves, they tried their best to ensure the order of the Empire and that connord could not do it to himself.

Such a contradictory move is not because they have any "consensus" with themselves, but in their view, it is "in line with the rules and traditions".

That's it.

Seeing Loren nodding, metterne Leopold finally showed a smile on his face - like an old man who saw the prodigal son turning back: "well, I wish you can build a great cause no less than the black Duke."

"For today's empire, there are few heroes who can turn the tide."

Yes, the hero who turned the tide... Not the Savior.

Loren chuckled and didn't care about each other's words: "by the way, what place do you want to take me to - the former cabinet? We seem to have passed just now."

"Yes, so we're not going to the former cabinet; it's... Not a place to entertain the dukes."

The seal minister smiled with a relaxed smile, and his expression was somewhat mysterious: "the place we are going to is the hall of the Royal sword knights, which was established by the second generation supreme emperor, Eckhart I!"

Knights of the sword?

The dark haired wizard knew a little about this organization, only that it seemed to involve a parliament of the Emperor himself and the dukes, but it had not been used for many years.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that the ancestral silver sword "dawn" of the Turin family is the keepsake of members of the Royal sword Knights; The other dukes, including the prince of East Saxony, had their own swords.

Hey, wait, he said... Dukes?!

"Yes, just as you think." the minister in charge of the seal smiled more strongly: "except you, all dukes, including the consul of eboden, have arrived at the sky palace yesterday."

"Duke Loren Turin, you seem to be late."