Chapter 600

A moment later, the castle arrived.

Ren sat in the carriage, looking forward through the wooden boards.

Fauberten Castle covers an area of ​​more than two square kilometers. The overall layout is roughly rectangular. The 20-meter-high city wall can allow six war horses to run side by side. There is a tower every 100 meters. The magic runes on the wall are in the night. The center is faintly shining, forming a huge protective circle.

The bottom of the city wall is surrounded by river water as deep as more than ten meters, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

As far as the eye can see, there are Rick Guards guarding everywhere, and teams of patrols are patrolling back and forth on the city wall, leaving no dead ends at all.

The carriage stopped in front of the city gate, and after some communication, it was released, drove across the suspension bridge, and entered the tall and wide city gate.

It suddenly opened up in front of my eyes, and I saw a huge square.

The square enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people is paved with white magic alloy. There is a bright silver avenue in the middle of the square, leading directly to the magnificent palace opposite.

This is Rick Palace!

Right in front of the palace is a series of white stone steps. There are hundreds of steps in total, like climbing a mountain. Finally, a wide foundation platform is built on a high place. The circular stone pillars that need five or six people to hug each other are neatly arranged. Carved with exquisite paintings, they together support the thick dome of the palace, solemn and majestic.

The carriage traveled a short distance along the avenue in the square, then turned left.

There are buildings on the left and right sides of the square, but they are not as majestic as the Rick Palace. After passing through several high-wall corridors, the carriage drives into a beautiful large garden. The roadside is shaded by trees and full of fresh flowers. , too beautiful to behold.

One-third of the garden is a small lake, and countless lotus flowers grow on the surface of the water, as if covered with a layer of green blanket.

It is late autumn, and there are still many lotus flowers in full bloom, which are fragrant.

The eldest son of Emperor Alfa, the second emperor of the empire, loved lotus very much, so he asked people to dig an artificial lake in Baden Castle for planting lotus.

The building complex by the lake is the emperor's place to play and enjoy flowers.

Therefore, the Dutch Palace got its name.

The royal family was extinct more than a thousand years ago, the imperial power fell into the hands of the Supreme Council, the Rick Palace was sealed up, and the administrative power of governing the country was entrusted to the consul. This Dutch Palace located in the southwest corner of Fubaden City was used as the official residence of the consul for daily office and living.

The entire Holland Palace only accounts for one-fifth of the total area of ​​the Furberden Castle, and no one is allowed to enter other areas of the castle except the patrolling Palace of the Guards.

Rick Palace is a forbidden place for consuls.

More than 300 years ago, after a consul got drunk, he didn't know whether he thought too much to expose his nature, or he went crazy after drinking. He ran out of the Palace of Holland and wandered around in the castle. Reported to the Supreme Council, he was dismissed overnight and became the laughing stock of the entire empire.

The carriage was still driving in the Dutch palace, but Ren was distracted.

The Lotus Palace is not only a temporary palace, but also comes with dozens of fully functional office buildings. Although it only accounts for less than 20% of the entire castle, and a third is occupied by the Lotus Lake, it is also larger than most castles in the empire. Big, even Gen La Morgan is far inferior.

Passing through the defenses of the imperial guards, the carriage finally stopped in front of a five-story welcome building.

The whole building is brightly lit, and expensive crystal lamps disperse the darkness, and the lake not far away can be seen clearly, so you can enjoy the lotus at night.

Ren met the consul Gnaeus Chiclow in the car.

Gnaeus was dressed in casual clothes, with a tall and strong body, with a sword on his waist, he was very heroic, and there were stars around him. He didn't know that Ren was watching him from across the carriage, and his eyes fell on the Ultramarine next to the carriage. Although he concealed it well, his eyes still showed surprise and dignity.

Before setting off, Renn bought a batch of three-ring "breathing spell" amulets, and brought them to the two teams of Ultramarines accompanying him to cover up their legendary aura.

Ordinary people can't see through the breath holding technique, but Gneus, who is a holy sword and demon swordsman, can see through it at a glance.

All twelve Ultramarines are legends!

Legends are not weeds on the side of the road, any of them is very precious, even if they are not spell casters, but ordinary legendary transcendents, they also have their own pride and are difficult to recruit. As the most elite extraordinary legion of the empire, the Rick Guards only have a total of more than 30 legends. They are given extremely high treatment and power, and they have to worry about their loyalty. They will leave if they are slightly dissatisfied.

These barbarian warriors hidden in heavy armor, holding huge soul guns, are powerful, and they are not ordinary legends at a glance. They are willing to serve as guards for Ren, why?

Gnaeus couldn't understand.

At this time, when he saw Ren coming up from the carriage, he immediately moved his eyes away and greeted him very warmly: "Speaker Ren, you have worked hard all the way. Welcome to the Dutch Palace."

"Your Excellency the Consul." Ren also smiled, "Good evening."

"Okay, okay..."

Gnaeus was very happy, stepped forward and patted Ren on the shoulder very affectionately, turned his head and smiled at the people who greeted him together: "Everyone, this is the Earl of Glamorgan, the Speaker of Wedseland, whom you have admired for a long time. The youngest hero."

"Meet Speaker Ren."

"Lord Earl."

"Meet Duke Augustus."

All the people present were high-ranking and powerful figures, and they saluted Rennes one after another, with different expressions on their faces. Rennes also nodded in response, showing an approachable attitude.

"Aren't you going to introduce me, Your Excellency the Consul?" Ren smiled.

"Okay." Gnaeus immediately pointed to a hale and hearty old man with silver hair, "This is my Minister of Military Affairs, Viscount Rosella Leadsom."

The eyes of the soul saw that Rosella was a legendary mid-level wizard who specialized in elementalists.

It is a bit unexpected that the Minister of Military and Political Affairs who is in charge of the four major armies and the three major knight orders of the empire is actually a wizard.

"Viscount Leadsom." Ren greeted.

"I have met Chairman Ren." Rosella replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"This is my Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ms. Ashley." The second Gnaeus introduced was a beautiful woman who looked only in her early thirties, with a slim figure, dignified manner, and long dark red hair. It is coiled on the head, wearing a luxurious embroidered long skirt, which has the style of a mature woman and the vitality of a young girl, exuding extraordinary charm from top to bottom.

Level 18 Scourge Warlock!

Ren immediately thought of the sorceress of Eratusa Academy, and as expected, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must be from that place. They are always attracted by power, use their beauty and strength as capital, enter the center of power, and gain influence.

This sorceress' ability is probably not limited to the bed, otherwise Gnaeus would not let her take charge of the empire's financial power.

"Meet Ms. Ashley."

Ren leaned forward and kissed the sorceress's outstretched white hand.

Ashley closed her hands and covered her mouth with a chuckle, looked at Ren's face quite boldly, and said with a smile: "The Earl is indeed as handsome as the rumors say."

"Thank you ma'am for your compliment." Ryan nodded reservedly.

"Ren is young and promising, and the entire empire cannot find a more promising man than him." Gnaeus said with a joke: "Ashley, if you can take down Ren, you don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life."

The men next to me laughed.

"I don't have such a great ability. I'm afraid the Earl will look down on me." Ashley said so, but her eyes kept rolling on Ren, obviously she didn't mean it.

Ren is frightened now, and he is not in the mood to hook up with other women.

So he pretended not to understand style.

Immediately sensing his attitude, Gnaeus turned to introduce the other two. One is his chief of staff, Baron Dubstein, the chief steward of the Holland Palace, and the last one is the commander of Rick's Guards, named Hesktor, whose height of more than two meters gives a great sense of oppression, like a barbaric people.

Ryan glanced at Hesk Todo twice.

The eyes of the soul couldn't see through the opponent, which meant that this was a saint-level extraordinary person. Ren felt a familiar aura in him, a dragon knight with the body of a real dragon!

Gneus introduced that Haystoke has an old black dragon, and his extraordinary profession is a black knight who masters the power of shadow. He was promoted to the holy rank decades ago, and is still at the twentieth rank now.

With strong strength, Hesktor firmly controls the Rick Guards.

It seems that he felt the breath of Rennes' real dragon body, and he is also a dragon knight. It is rare for Hesktor, who looks serious, to show kindness to Rennes.

After the introduction, Gnaeus invited Ren to enter the banquet hall on the fifth floor.

The view here is wide, and you can see the whole lotus lake.

There was only one table in the spacious hall, and there were no other guests, which made Ren understand that tonight was just a small private dinner.

The servants of the Lotus Palace brought delicious food and wine like water, and soon filled the tables.

Gnaeus' posture was very casual, and he would tell a few jokes from time to time, or some knowledge he had seen in his life in the past hundreds of years.

Ryan echoed, and there was harmony.

He knew very well what Gnaeus wanted to express. The three ministers present, the chief of staff, and the commander of the Imperial Guard were all his confidants and could be trusted.

Gnaeus put out his confidantes on the first day in order to show his sincerity and hope to get his full support.

These few are senior ministers with high positions and weights. They have been ups and downs in the political arena of the empire for many years. When Gnaeus abdicates more than ten years later, whether Ren wants to compete for the throne of consul or succeed in reaching the top, these people can be relied on right-hand man.

Ren understood and accepted Gnaeus's kindness.

All the people present were smart people, aware of Gnaeus's attitude, and pushed the boat along the way, getting close to Ren intentionally or unintentionally, and establishing a good relationship in advance.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and the host and guest had a great time.

After a more than two-hour dinner, Rennes had initially integrated into this small circle of power. The eye of the soul accurately grasped everyone's personality and preferences, and easily won their favor.

Even, Renn also noticed the close relationship between these people.

For example, the most trusted by Gnaeus is his chief of staff, Baron Dubstein, and the others are slightly worse; Rosella, the Minister of Military Affairs, and Ashley, the Minister of Finance, may be because they are both spellcasters and believe in the goddess of magic. Discuss magic knowledge, so the relationship is relatively close, but there is no love between men and women.

Ashley and Gnaeus are also innocent.

The Secretary of the Interior, Amber, and the Chief of Staff, Duberstein, were friendly on the surface, but the two had private grievances and were hostile to each other, but they dared not show it.

The commander of the Imperial Guard, Hesketor, is interested in Ashley, but he is not so loyal to Gnaeus, it is more like a cooperative relationship.

Every time Ashley looked at her, her mood fluctuated violently, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

After drinking and eating, everyone came to the spacious balcony to enjoy the lotus.

Ren noticed Gnaeus' gaze, which was not on the lotus most of the time, and looked across the lake to the magnificent Rick Palace in the distance from time to time.

The eyes of the soul also saw that Gnaeus was in a complicated mood.

Yearning, longing and unwillingness.

He couldn't help but secretly sighed that people's ambitions and desires really had no limits. Gnaeus sat on the throne of consul, a position that countless people dreamed of, but he was not satisfied and wanted to climb to a higher place.

The power of the consul comes from the Supreme Council, and in managing such a huge empire, the power in daily life is even higher than that of the holy soul wizard who does not care about common affairs.

Only the emperor can be more powerful than the consul!

However, this is almost impossible.

The Supreme Council is like a mountain of infinite weight, always pressing on the head of the consul, making people afraid to take a step beyond the thunder.

The Rick Palace, which is close at hand, is beyond reach.

Not to mention the overthrow of the Supreme Council, even the slightest thought of revealing it would bring disaster to Gnaeus.

As if aware of Ren's gaze, Gnaeus suddenly sighed: "Alas..."

"Why is Your Excellency the Consul sighing?" Ren asked.

Everyone's attention was attracted.

Gnaeus looked around, shook his head with a little drunkenness, and said, "There are no outsiders here, and there is nothing to hide, and I'm not afraid of making fun of you if I say it." He turned to Rick Palace again, "It's my time Who has no idea about the location? I heard that there is a golden throne in the Rick Palace..."

Du Bostein, chief of staff, hastily persuaded: "My lord, please be careful."

Minister Rosella immediately threw out a sound-proof force field.

The others were suspicious and looked towards the floating city high in the sky to the west, for fear that some Nether elder who happened to cast spells at this moment would listen or watch the situation here.

Ren's expression also changed slightly.

It’s good to keep this kind of words in your heart. Once you say it, it’s bad luck to spread it. Gnaeus may not be able to finish this term, let alone re-election.

Gnaeus sobered up instantly from his drunkenness, and was taken aback by himself, and said repeatedly: "Sorry, I made a slip of the tongue."

"It's okay." Ren waved his hand.

While the soundproof force field was still there, he changed the subject and asked, "Your Excellency, are the other members of the supervision team here? Do you know who the holy soul wizards sent and when they will officially work to audit Nether Floating Void City?" accounts?"