Chapter 811

A team of Rick Guards respectfully escorted Ren into the castle of Furberden, turned left on the square, and entered the Palace of Holland.

This is not the first time Ryan has come to the Dutch Palace.

Along the way, he looked at this luxurious and magnificent palace garden, feeling quite different. When he came last time, Gnaeus was still the consul and the owner of the Dutch Palace. Now Gnaeus is not only dead, but he wants to take his place.

Today's Dutch Palace is busier than before, with people coming and going on the road, either the civil servants of the consul or the councilors visiting the Duke of Greyhawk.

When they saw Ren, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Speaker Ryan!

During this special period, Chairman Rennes entered the Palace of Holland to visit the Duke. Even the dullest person could guess Rennes' purpose.

People concealed the shock in their hearts and saluted Ryan.

After passing by Ren, they couldn't help but look back at Ren's back, their hearts pounding. This is definitely big news.

Speaker Lane actually wants to run for the consul!

Some people paused for a moment, and immediately started to run quickly again, or took out their voice meters and whispered quickly.

While watching all the way, Ren arrived at the main building of the Dutch Palace. This three-story building was originally the emperor's palace. It is located on the bank of the lotus lake with a wide view. It was later transformed into an office building and named "Governing Hall". It occupies an extremely large area, enough to accommodate hundreds of people working at the same time.

For many years, successive consuls have worked in the ruling hall, which is the administrative center of the empire.

Today, sitting in the ruling hall is Tim Kennan, Duke of Greyhawk.

"Speaker Ren, please wait a moment."

Rick's guards led Ren to the waiting room on the first floor of the ruling hall. On the way, someone had already reported in advance.

There are many people in the waiting hall, all waiting for the Duke to be received.

They saw that Ren's reaction was the same as that of people outside, and they were shocked, but they didn't dare to show it in front of Ren.

Among them are two imperial councilors.

They also seemed to be here to report their candidacy. When they saw Ren, their expressions instantly became very exciting.

"Chairman Ryan!"

Everyone stood up and saluted and greeted, Renn nodded in response.

One of the imperial councilors is a legendary extraordinary person. He has been the mayor of a large city in the southeastern province of the empire for many years, and he is a member of the Modu faction. After contacting Rennes several times, he finally couldn't help asking: "Chairman Rennes, you too……"

Before he finished speaking, a legendary wizard came in and said enthusiastically, "Speaker Ren, Mr. Duke invites you in."

There is an eight-leaf emblem on the wizard's magic robe, obviously from the Floating City of Flanaess.

Ren followed him to the side of the waiting hall, and the other party opened a random door, stepped in, and went directly to the office on the top floor of the ruling hall.

Coming out of any door, he saw Duke Gray Eagle at a glance.

The costume of this holy soul wizard seems to never change. He has a tall and strong body under a thick black robe, a shiny head, a black beard trimmed to a point, and an unsmiling face. Standing in the middle of the spacious office, he looks extremely Great pressure.

He was waiting for Ren's arrival.

"Your Excellency." Ren bowed to greet him.

Tim Kenan looked at Ryan with deep eyes for a few seconds, nodded slightly, and said: "We have met many times, but this should be the first time we have met in person in private. Your strength is stronger than I expected. Many, it is really enviable that Anxi has a student like you."

In the last auction in the Floating Void City, Duke Gray Eagle did not propose private communication, but focused on participation, and Ren was the owner, he was the guest, and he was silent during the auction.

Today, he said words of praise, but there was no smile on his face.

Instead, the eyes of the soul sensed hostility.

This kind of hostility is very shallow. To be precise, it should be indifference and disgust. It is not out of personal grievances, but the result of different positions.

Ren knew why the other party hated him.

He responded neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Excellency, the Duke is overrepresented."

"Hmph." Duke Gray Eagle snorted, and said bluntly: "With your current strength and status, I don't need to be polite to you. The current situation in the empire is out of balance. A big reason is your appearance. For several years, you have been behind a series of things."

Ren shrugged his shoulders, "Some things are beyond my control. Your Excellency the Duke cannot put all the responsibility on me."

"Really?" Tim Kenan stared at Ren coldly, "You were also forced to win over Oroin?"

Master Oroin was originally a member of the Balance faction, but no one in the Supreme Council knew that he had completely swayed to the Modu faction now, only he didn't announce it.

The balance faction originally had four holy soul wizards, and the other two factions also had four each, which was very balanced.

Duke Ziyan turned to the Nether faction.

Master Oroin joined the Modu sect.

Now only Tim Kenan and Master Huo Huai are left in the Balance faction, with only two votes, and his influence in the Supreme Council has dropped sharply. Let the High Council maintain a fragile balance.

It's just that the three-legged confrontation has become a two-horse struggle for hegemony.

This left the Balance faction with no room to operate, unable to jump repeatedly, and the right to speak was greatly reduced.

Tim Kenan was slapped by Kelstone last time, and he was ashamed. He had to cooperate with the other party before he found the place, and he was constrained everywhere. This time he took over the power of the consul and paid a lot. won at the price.

His purpose was to help Otiluk.

Otiluk has followed him all his life, no credit but hard work, and now there is no hope of being promoted to the Holy Soul Wizard. If he wants to serve as a consul in the last few decades of his life, make a difference, and leave his name in the history of the empire, he must Help him fulfill this dream.

Unexpectedly, Ren stepped in.

Tim Kenan knew the details of Rennes better than most. Whether it was personal strength or the extraordinary army under his command, Otiluk was far behind by more than eight blocks.

Even if all the "Hands of Eight Leaves" of the Flanis were handed over to Otiluk, the chance of defeating Ren in the battle was very slim.

So it's no wonder that Tim Kenan is angry when he sees Ryan, and he can be happy.

Facing the questioning, Ren has no fear.

"Master Oroin has always wanted to strengthen the combat school. As a junior battle wizard, it is normal for me to help him realize his ideal." Ren took it for granted, "As for who Master Oroin voted for, it is up to him. rights, I never interfere and have no right to interfere."

Tim Kennan spat out two words: "Sophistry."

"This is the truth." Ren replied seriously: "If the Duke doesn't believe it, I can't help it."

He almost had "Believe it or not" written on his face.

This attitude made Tim Kenan even more displeased, and he said coldly: "In that small plane, you accused Kelstone of being a villain face to face, which made me appreciate your courage. Now it seems that you are more Kelstone is not much better. Kelstone is just sinister and selfish, and your ambition is even worse. Sooner or later, the balance of the empire will be completely broken by you, causing a huge disaster."

Ren's heart skipped a beat, did the other party guess his plan?

should not.

The eyes of the soul confirmed that Tim Kenan's emotions were not intense. If he knew that he was going to overthrow the Supreme Council, he would never just reprimand him, and would have done it long ago.

Ren's face was calm, "My lord, not everyone believes in the balance theory, please don't use the so-called breaking the balance to convict me, besides, it didn't happen."

"You think the balance theory is wrong?"

Tim Kenan asked very calmly, his tone was calm, but his breath became dangerous.

Ren became vigilant in his heart. The theory of balance is what Tim Kenan values ​​most. What he has done in his life, his magic path, his floating city and students, and the entire school of ideas are all based on this theory. Set of balance theoretically.

To deny balance theory is to deny everything about Tim Kennan.

The eyes of the soul saw the other party's emotions gradually turning red.

"Your Excellency has misunderstood."

Ren didn't want to completely annoy the Big Three of the empire, but he didn't give up immediately. He calmly explained: "I'm a Modus wizard, and I don't know much about balance theory, and it's superficial. I only know that things are not absolute. Only relative, and so should balance.”

"There is only relative balance in all things, there is no absolute balance."

"Just like the changes in the pattern of the empire, sometimes peaceful and stable, sometimes wars and strife, always in constant change. The process of history is like sawing wood, sometimes forward, sometimes backward, but in general, it develops in depth and spirals gradually .”

"The only constant in the world is change."

"The balance is also constantly changing. As for how to define whether it is balanced, everyone has different standards. Your Excellency Duke, what do you think?"

Ren's words meant something.

When Tim Kenan thinks about it in the future, he will definitely wake up to the true meaning of Ryan's words.

But right now, he was inspired.

The holy soul wizard's eyes brightened slightly, and he chewed a few words in his heart: relative balance, absolute balance, the only constant is change...

He couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

It wasn't until a long time later that Tim Kenan came back to his senses. He couldn't help but give Ryan a high look, and said lightly: "Your thoughts are deeper than I imagined. We can discuss it when we have a chance in the future."

His attitude seemed indifferent, but he was actually very interested in it.

Suddenly, Ren felt a little panicked.

I don't have any bullshit thoughts, it's all superficial knowledge from the previous life, and the half-can of water in my stomach jingles, and I will reveal my stuff if I talk about it.

Fortunately, Tim Kennan got back to business and asked, "Ren, are you running for the Consul?"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke."

Ren was sweating in his heart, but fortunately he passed by.

"What's in it for you?"

Asked, Tim Kenan sat behind the desk. He pointed to the half-meter-high documents stacked on the desk, shook his head, and said, "The Consul deals with these things every day, and this is only part of it. I only However, after less than ten days as a Consul, I feel bored, and I just want to complete the revenge action as soon as possible, and leave this position to others."

He looked at Ren, with some confusion on his face, "With your natural strength, sooner or later you will enter the Supreme Council, why bother to ask for trouble?"

In fact, Tim Kennan learned about it from Anxi ten days ago.

He had been waiting for Ryan to come.

Ren had already thought up his speech, he smiled, and pointed to the thick document on the table, "Master Duke, in your eyes these are annoying and mundane things, but in the eyes of most people in the world Here, they represent power, great power!"

"True power comes from superhuman strength and magic." Tim Kennan disagrees.

"An attributive should be added in front of this sentence—strong enough." Ren shook his head, "Not every extraordinary person has the opportunity to be promoted to the holy rank. Great power, the path is easier to achieve."

The status of the consul in the empire is only under the high council.

The power of the consul is greater than that of the holy soul wizards who are indifferent to fame and fortune in the supreme forum.

Of course Tim Kenan knew this. He stared at Ren as if he wanted to find out the answer, "Others have no chance, but you have. I can see that you are already at the peak of legend, and you should be able to break through soon To the Holy Soul Sorcerer?"

Ren nodded and admitted frankly.

"I want to experience what it's like to be a consul before I enter the Supreme Council." He half-truthfully said: "My lord, I was born in the country. When I was young, I never thought that one day I would be here today status."

"I am very young, and my future life is still very long. I don't want to study magic all day long."

"So I want to try more."

"In different positions, I know different people, see different things, make different achievements, and enrich my life experience."

Ryan faced Tim Kenan sincerely, and said seriously: "Consul is a very good title, it can bring me glory and power. I want to see what I can do if I govern the empire It may bring a surprise to the people of the empire and the Supreme Council."

Tim Kennan was silent.

Ren's argument was very convincing. He was indeed too young, only twenty-seven years old, not even a fraction of himself.

Young people are always more aggressive and like to seek new and exciting things, which is normal.

As for whether Wren will become the consul and mess up the empire, Tim Kennan is not worried. Judging from Wren's past achievements, he is a very capable person.

Even if Rennes made a mistake, there is still the Supreme Council sitting on it, so it can't make any big waves.

Anse Woldas would not ignore it.

After deliberation, Tim Kenan thought it would be a good idea to give Ryan a chance, nodded and said, "I accept your application."

According to the election rules, he has no right to refuse.

But it is naturally better to get the consent, so that he will not deal with himself in the revenge action. Ren was very happy and said: "Master Kenan, if I win the vote of the Imperial Council, can you give me a vote in the Supreme Council?" Vote yes?"

The Modus had only six votes.

And the Supreme Council needs more than half of the resolutions to pass the resolution, and it is still short of the most critical vote. If you can get the support of Tim Kennan, plus two votes from him and Master Huo Huai, then it will be stable.

Tim Kennan showed a smile on his face and asked playfully, "What reason do you have for me to vote for it?"

He is waiting for an offer.

Ren understood at a glance that this was the real purpose of his visit to the Dutch Palace today, and he had already prepared the bargaining chips.