Orc Tyrant

Cuscolna, the magnificent city, was founded in the Fifth Age. It was once the most important city in the eastern part of the Kenia Empire and the core node of eastern trade. It is located west of the key Propontis Strait, which is north The Cimmelia Sea is the only channel from the south to the Sea of ​​the Earth. To the north of the strait is the Cimmelia Sea, to the south is the Thessaloniki Sea, to the east is the Bitini Plateau, and to the west is the Dardani Plain.

The location of this city is so important that the empire was prepared to use it as the new capital at the beginning of its establishment, but before the city was completely built, Ambrose II, the last unified emperor of Kenia, closed it. With eyes, after his death, his two sons divided the empire equally. The first emperor of the Eastern Kenia Empire, Sharif I, decided to expand the scale of Cusconar. After spending a full twenty years, Kuss The last brick on the wall of Konar finally landed, and a magnificent and magnificent city stood on the banks of the strait. It was so huge that the outer wall alone stretched from Silver Point Bay to the coast of Thessaloniki. , The total length is 4,500 meters.

Inside the city are countless flat stone streets and the most complete drainage system at the time. The library, arena, church, university, port...all facilities are properly placed in the most reasonable locations, and the city is still reserved for future expansion. With plenty of room, such a perfect city naturally attracted countless business travelers, nobles and civilians. Soon the whole city became noisy. When the Sikenia Empire fell into dark turmoil and chaos, the library Sknar has become the most shining beacon in the world.

The queen of ten thousand cities, this was the highest evaluation given to her by poets at that time.

So far, the city still exudes glory and vitality. It is still the undisputed academic center, trade center, and economic center of the entire world, except that there are many huge chimneys and straight railroad tracks outside the city.

Tallinn University, located on the Old Street in the College District of Cusconar, is an extremely influential university in the empire. It was established in the 11th century and only taught courses such as theology, literature, and law at the earliest, but with time Philosophy, mathematics, occultism, etc. have also been added, including biology, which caused a huge trend. The school covers an area of ​​16 hectares and has 20 colleges, of which the College of Biology is at the northernmost end of the university. .

Louis Pasteur, the dean of the School of Biology, is still as usual today, looking through the latest experimental report in the office, and he is over 70 years old, holding on to his glasses and checking the tiny prints on the paper. The beard hangs down on the table.

"Here…"

He seemed to have discovered the problem, and he frowned slightly. Recently, because of Carlos Salinas’s thesis, many professors and students have begun to have some weird talks. He doesn’t like this exaggerated atmosphere, Carlos Salinas. Salinas came to such a conclusion after countless observations and experiments, rather than simple speculation or conjecture.

咚咚~

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door lightly, Pasteur lowered his eyes and smiled on his face.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

"I promised you, I will definitely come, old Louis."

Pushing the door open, it was Diego Diag who had slipped away from Gukna. He also had a smile on his face. He took off his hat and threw it on the coat rack, then pulled out a chair and sat down. The opposite of Sid.

"Look at you, I must be tired all the way back, I'll make a cup of tea for you."

After folding the experiment report into the drawer, Pasteur stood up danglingly on the chair with both hands, turned around and wanted to get a teapot in the cabinet, but a hand suddenly stretched out next to it to take the teapot.

"It's better for me to come."

Diego took out the tea from another cupboard, poured hot water into the pot, and put two porcelain cups on the table.

"I'm old, I can't think like before..."

"You know, this is the last thing I want to hear when I'm with you."

After filling the two tea cups, Diego sat back on the chair. His posture was quite inelegant, even a little bit paralyzed in the chair, but Pasteur seemed to have taken it off.

"Well, let's not talk about it. I have read the letter you wrote last time. It is indeed a huge threat to the sinister wasteland to become like that, whether it is for the empire or for humans."

The old bachelor gasped slightly, as if he could see some terrifying scenes, his face was a little depressed.

"The drastic ecological changes will inevitably lead to an increase in the population of Ouke. I have been studying this terrible creature for 30 years. I have dissected no less than ten Ouke’s corpses, but they are still a mystery to me. The only thing I can be sure of is that they should be between organisms and plants. Some organs in their bodies have the characteristics of plant organs, such as skin, lungs, and liver. This is why they can survive in the harshest environment."

"Old Louis, apart from you in the Empire, no one knows Oak better. I want to ask a question."

"what?"

"Do you think Ok, there is civilization?"

"Well…"

Putting down the teacup, Pasteur stroked his beard, thought for a while, then said slowly:

"Civilization, what do you think of civilization."

"All of these, things created by us, whether it's thoughts or matter."

"Will Oker create it?"

Diego didn't reply, but sipped his tea. Seeing him like this, Pasteur took out a stack of paper from the drawer.

"This is Carlos's paper. He believes that biology has an evolutionary process, but I have never told him that Oak is actually the biggest loophole in his theory, or the loophole in biology as a whole."

"That is a creature that we can't really understand."

"I think they are civilized, but their civilization is a form that we cannot understand for the time being."

"Well, this time I also encountered a lot of interesting things, their wars, their lives, their ideas, every time it will subvert my cognition."

"Then you have to talk to me, no no no! I have to write it down."

With that, Pasteur pulled out a thick notebook and a pen from the drawer.

"Um... I have to start with a white Ouke boss, his name is Gu Ke."

"White Oak? Are you sure?"

"I lived with him for almost a month, what do you think?"

"Oh! This is a big discovery! Many creatures will have special cases of albinism. Humans also have albinism patients. I didn't expect Ouke to have them. In this way, some aspects of them seem to be similar to..."

The warm sunlight poured into the house from the window, and slowly changed from white to orange-red as time passed. The two had been chatting for most of the day without knowing it. Pasteur's energy displayed at this time was completely different from that of an old man. Until he suddenly stopped the pen in his hand.

"Dia brother, someone is looking for you."

Hearing Pasteur's words, Diego stood up blankly and took his hat from the hanger on the side.

"Any trouble?"

"No, Louis, you remember to pay more attention to Aswan in the Three Witches, and you should not use your power lightly anymore. Although you are an old master of the Crow faction, but with your current physical and mental power , It’s very dangerous to touch Hanan again."

After speaking, Diego opened the door and walked out. Pasteur sighed behind him and gently closed the notebook.

Out of the college building, Diego went all the way through the school building to a secluded garden somewhere, and then took out a cigarette and a box of matches from his arms.

"Come out."

After lighting a cigarette and taking a deep breath, Diego said a word to the air, and soon four figures walked out of the dark corners around them. They were dressed the same as Diego, apparently all secret guards.

"Diego Alatrist, what you did has been exposed!"

It was a grumpy voice. The owner of the voice had short fiery red hair and a tall nose. He was a young man.

"Didn't your mentor teach you how to talk to seniors before."

"what!"

Diego flicked his finger, and before the person could react, the hot cigarette **** hit his forehead directly, causing him to scream.

"you!"

"Mo Suo! Stop!"

The frustrated young man immediately pressed his hand to his waist, where a silver pistol was inserted, but another slightly older person immediately held him down.

"Why, want to fire a gun?"

"Diego Alatrist! Someone has accused you of breaking the laws of the empire and funding the enemies of the empire!"

"Oh? Which enemy? Why don't I know?"

If nothing happened to light up another cigarette, Diego was very clear in his heart that someone was targeting him again. The internal structure of the secret guards is very special. There are no superiors and subordinates. All secret guards are directly responsible to the emperor. Therefore, secret guards also have a surveillance relationship with each other. They bear a very dazzling name, and many young people want to replace themselves. .

"Thirty-five days ago, someone took away 10 tons of steel from the Feinan Iron and Steel Plant in Aksum Province. It said military use, but the 10 tons of steel were not included in the recent military consumables of the Aswan line of defense! Other people saw it. When a secret guard took a group of soldiers and dozens of carriages into the treacherous wasteland, all of them came back with empty carts! What about the steel! Could all 10 tons of steel be eaten by Ok? explain."

After taking a few more breaths of cigarettes, Diego suddenly smiled, then threw the cigarette **** to the ground and trampled it out.

"I thought it was something, is there anything else? If not, then I'll leave first, I'm very busy."

Such a contemptuous attitude made the four young people's complexions flushed, and they simultaneously drew out their swords and pistols from their waists.

"Diego Alatrist! We accuse you of colluding with different races, threatening the security of the border of the empire, and declaring you arrested in the name of the emperor! After that, you have the right to defend yourself, but now any resistance will be considered Was executed to fight the divine emperor and empire!"

Tilting his head and glanced at them, Diego shook his head and sighed with disappointment:

"Tsk tusk tusk, now the newcomers are not good enough, since you don't want to talk so much before you start, do you usually work like this? The difficulty empire is getting more and more chaotic."

"shut up!"

"Stop it all!"

Suddenly, an angry shout came from outside the garden, and a burly middle-aged man walked quickly from outside, he was also a secret guard, and there was a long scar on his face that made him look a bit hideous.

"Aled!?"

Everyone looked at this man in doubt, because he was a character that rarely appeared, but every time he appeared he carried the emperor's handwriting.

This time it was no exception. After coming to Diego, he took out a roll of purple parchment, which was the color used by the royal family of Benedict.

"Your Majesty called the secret guard Diego Alatrist into the palace to see you!"

Hearing this news, the four secret guards looked at each other before turning around and quickly disappearing into Diego's field of vision.

"What is your majesty looking for me?"

"I don't know, you can ask yourself after entering the Purple Palace, let's leave now."

Although a little puzzled, Diego still came to the core of the Benedictine empire through the secret passage dedicated to the secret guard together with Yalid, the Purple Palace. This is an ancient stone palace with a history of 800 years. The owner of the house changed one after another, but the main color of the palace has always been purple, which symbolizes nobleness.

On the way to the main hall, Diego met a group of arcanists wearing pale blue robes. Although they were very friendly, Diego didn't like them too much because they were too involved in politics.

"Your Majesty, Diego Alatrist is here."

There are only simple furnishings in the private room. A man is drawing an oil painting attentively, and when he hears the sound, he puts down his pen and turns around.

"Ariday, you can go now."

"Yes!"

A very ordinary middle-aged man with neatly combed brown hair, wrinkles inevitably appear on his face, his eyes are small but very gentle, he has a neat beard under his nose, and his body is also a very ordinary uniform, but He has the largest empire of mankind.

Menech III. Irus, the current emperor of the Benedict Empire and the seventh emperor of the Erus dynasty, is very fond of painting. He used to study under the pseudonym of the Emperor Cusconar Art University when he was young. Some people commented if He is not an emperor, so mankind will have a great painter, but the reality is that he took over the entire empire from his father who died of illness at the age of twenty-five.

In terms of personality, Menech III was very gentle and benevolent, but the empire is now facing many crises, some things left over for a long time in the past, some are caused by industry, and financial chaos. He does not have these problems. It's a good solution.

"His Majesty."

Diego took off his hat, but did not bow, but Menech III waved at him with a smile, and said kindly:

"Fan Haixin, come and see how this painting is."

"Your Majesty, I haven't used this name for a long time."

When he walked to the oil painting, Diage took a look at a beautiful landscape painting, but he didn't think the emperor called him just to see his work.

"Recently, there have been some rumors about you, not only on the secret guard, but many people are paying attention to you. I am thinking...you have been busy for a long time, and it is time to take a break."

Diego did not speak. He looked at the oil painting quietly, and his heart was very calm. In fact, he had already guessed the result.

The emperor on the side picked up two exquisite goblets and handed one to him.

"It just so happens that Anna is eight years old, and she has been clamoring to learn swordsmanship. I think few people in the empire can beat you in swordsmanship, so you can temporarily serve as her swordsmanship teacher.

Hearing that name, Diego's face softened slightly. The empire's eldest princess was also the only person he was close to in this palace.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Oh, there are only two of us, so don't need so much etiquette. After all...you grew up watching me, uncle."