Realm of Power

"What's going on!" "How could the Aden people be blocked by the imperial army? Is this news reliable?"

"Are the losses of the Aden people serious?" The news brought by the attendant made the expressions of the southern princes in the entire big tent change. Whether it was the southern conservatives or the aristocrats, all the voices stopped at this moment. The Aden people Abandoning everyone here certainly makes the southern princes feel depressed, but No one expected that the Aden people would be blocked by the imperial army. The imperial army's delay in attacking had already made the southern princes panic. What happened to the Aden people also illustrated another fact. The way to escape southward had been blocked by the imperial army. The army blocked it, otherwise the Aden people would not be able to escape after being beaten.

The strength of the Aden people is not bad. There are more than 26,000 armed infantry directly under the Red Dragon Palace. They are well-equipped and definitely not inferior to the imperial army. There are also a total of four to five thousand red dragon knights who are skilled in combat as the backbone of the army. , to repel such a force in the wild, it is conservatively estimated that more than twice the number of troops is needed, and the escape of the Aden people was not even noticed by the southern princes. Could it be that the imperial army had foresight?

No one could predict the escape of the Aden people. Even the southern princes who were allies did not expect the escape of the Aden people, let alone the empire. The Aden people encountered a brutal attack. The situation in front of them can only explain one problem. A large encirclement of the imperial army has been formed. Everyone wants to The way to escape south was cut off by the imperial army!

"We have been delayed here for so many days in vain. Now it's better. The imperial army has surrounded us. Even if we want to escape, it is impossible for us to escape." A southern prince with an ugly face looked sad and angry, and retreated from the capital of Ero. After coming down, they should immediately turn to the south, but Aden and the Eero royal family requested The southern princes were stuck in this position, using them as bait to lure the imperial army. However, the imperial army's tactics were beyond everyone's expectations. They did not pounce immediately, but launched an unprepared scouting war, which made the southern princes cry. Grass and trees are all soldiers. When you see the dense forest in the distance, you will think of it as an imperial army.

"Everyone, please don't mess up your position. The imperial army only has 80,000 people. If such a large encirclement is really maintained, then there must be some weaknesses. And the reason why Boros' Aden Red Dragon Cavalry was blocked by the imperial army is, I think. It should be that he and Boros led the red dragon knights to ambush the imperial cavalry outside the capital of Aero. About "An old man with abnormally white skin squinted his eyes and tapped his fingers on the table, attracting everyone's attention. This old man looked quite old, but the fingers exposed on his sleeves were... It's so white that it scares people, as if it has a layer of white scars, as if it has suffered some kind of burn.

Seeing the old man talking, the other lords immediately fell silent

This old man's name is Oglini, and he is the patriarch of the Og family, the four major marquises in the south. As the oldest of the southern princes, he was able to live for sixty-three years in the harsh climate of yellow sand in the south, and he was still energetic. Yiyi's back was straight. Oglini himself was a legend among the southern princes. There were even rumors that Oglini, as the second son of the family, was not qualified to inherit the family title. Although he was able to become the master of the Ogliny family in the end, it was entirely because the old man was a very famous adventurer when he was young. He once stayed in the land of yellow sand for a period of time, and finally brought out some kind of magic from it. Items, and such things were presented to the Hérault royal family by the Oglini family, which received great favor from the Hérault royal family, and promoted the Oglini family from count to marquis.

As for what it is, the Oger family has never mentioned it to the outside world. The outside world has also speculated that what the Oger family may have found is the Eye of God left behind by the Erro Southern Branch!

The southern region of Héro was destroyed by the great flood 80 years ago, but the countless remnants left behind have made the southern Héro region a holy land for mainland adventurers. Every year, many mercenaries and adventurers try to enter the south. In the Yellow Sand Zone, some people died within a few days of entering, while others survived after entering for more than ten days. He escaped alive, but seemed to be physically broken. But the most famous incident was when a chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace in Aden hired more than a hundred adventurers and mercenaries to enter the Yellow Sand for more than a month. , made the most adequate preparations, and hired more than a dozen southern locals as guides,

For people in other areas, the depths of the yellow sand are a dead place, and it is absolutely impossible for life to survive. However, for people born and raised in the south, they have been accustomed to the invasion of yellow sand since childhood. Over the past few decades, four or five generations have With the evolution of bloodline, some southerners have considerable resistance to the yellow sand.

In order to increase their own worth, these so-called guides often bring back bad information about the Yellow Sand. Some people say that there are still many southerners alive inside, but they have all turned into monsters that are not like humans. At night, they When wandering around, some people say that it is a dead zone for the whole city. The silence is terrifying. People become blind or deaf as they walk. Many people who entered before can never come out again, but many people mentioned a common That thing is the sun. Logically speaking, the sun cannot be seen in the yellow sand covering the sky. However, many guides swear that they have seen the sun in the yellow sand. Some people speculate that it should be the original site in the south where the Hérault royal family abandoned it. It is said that the high temperature of the God's Eye melted half of the city and dried up the large lake outside the old capital of Eero, causing more than 80,000 people in the capital of Eero to die in an instant. disappear into ashes,

Oglini, who was one of the adventurers at that time, was undoubtedly moved by this legend.

The Eye of God not only represents the power of the upper and lower Aero, but also a powerful force that all monarchs covet. The search for the Eye of God in the southern part of Aero has never stopped for decades, and the chief priest Undoubtedly the one with the largest number of people, and the one most likely to be found, because everyone knows, If we want to find the Eye of God, in addition to the original Eero royal family, there will be two families: the Order State and the Red Dragon Palace. And this chief priest is the senior person in charge of book management in the Red Dragon Palace. This time he suddenly came to Eero. In the south, some clues were undoubtedly found, but he was eventually found lying on the edge of the yellow sand zone.

This priest's whole body was covered with white scars that had been burned by some kind of scorching heat. None of his entourage survived. In the end, the chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace just muttered sentences like "The Kingdom of God on Land" and died. fell, and the person who discovered the chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace from the edge was Oglini

Of course this is Ogliny's secret

Everyone thought that what he presented to the Eero royal family was the Eye of God. In fact, what he presented to the Eero royal family was the corpse of the chief priest who could no longer recognize the human form. Those white scars did not end with the death of the person. On the contrary, the dead body of the sacrificial corpse turned completely white after three days, and the character's appearance was lifelike, with no signs of corruption at all, and it was more like a long sleep.

In fact, it was not just the chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace who had seen it. When Oglini accompanied his father to the northern capital to meet with His Majesty the Emperor, he unexpectedly saw very similar white scars on His Majesty's hands.

Although it is not as scary as this priest staining his whole body, it is a secret that everyone knows that all the Aero emperors did not pass the age of forty, and the corpse of every Aero emperor who was buried was required to be wrapped in white cloth. , even the face will be covered with a golden mask, according to the Eero Canon According to the narrative, the Emperors of Aero regarded death as a long sleep. When their whole bodies were covered by the white god, they would wake up from their long sleep. But who dares to say that it was not to cover up the white scars all over their bodies, but to cover up the white scars all over their bodies. Every time Emperor Eero dies, his beloved concubines will also be buried, and no one will be spared! And some of these favored concubines may be the mothers of the next Emperor Eero.

It’s not that there were no new emperors who took the throne, but they all failed in the end.

Oglini had no way of knowing whether Emperor Erro would be resurrected from the dead, but then some white scars appeared on his body, which scared him half to death. He should have been infected by the corpse, Oglini Rini was horrified. He thought this was the only possibility. He just transported the body to the northern capital and was infected. One can imagine what happened to the chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace.

Fortunately, these white scars did not expand rapidly.

Moreover, Ogliny also unexpectedly discovered that as time went on, his energy began to be much higher than that of ordinary people, and his concentration and vision were also higher than ordinary people. Even in the past forty years, apart from his gray hair, he looked like he had gone through many changes. , in fact, his spirit is the same as when he was young. It seems that time has lost its effect on him. Even his head can turn much faster than others. If he knows what radiation mutation is, then he will know that he is one of the mutations. The chief priest of the Red Dragon Palace has indeed discovered something extraordinary. After suffering intense After the radiation, he escaped to the edge. Although he died in the end, the body itself was one of the sources of radiation.

"Lord Oglini means that the imperial army is only targeting the Aden people, not us?" The southern princes' breathing was a little rapid. Everyone knew that Lord Oglini had the title of the first wise man in the south. He often makes some surprising predictions, and they all come true.

"I don't know, I can only guess!" Ogliny glanced at the table

"What's the basis?" Someone gritted his teeth unwillingly and said. The imperial army could press forward at any time, and the disastrous defeat of the Aden people proved the power of the imperial army. As long as there is a slight chance, no one is willing to fight against the imperial army.

"Isn't the letter from the high-ranking officials of the empire in front of us the basis? How do you know that the people of Aden were not deliberately driven back by the empire?" Ogliny placed his fingers heavily on the table, and his seemingly old pupils showed a cunning look. Come on, as he said these words, there was a sound of gasping in the big tent. No one had thought about it before, but when the name Ogliny was mentioned, everyone was filled with shock. , isn’t it? The people of Aden were intercepted and returned by the imperial army, and this letter from the empire was also sent at this time. To say that this was a coincidence would be too deceptive.

The empire made it clear that it wanted to block the Aden people back and let them kill them!

"Kill the people of Aden and everyone will live."

Such thoughts are swirling in the minds of the southern princes. The Aden people ran away and abandoned us directly. Why should we bear the wrath of the empire for the Aden people's mistakes? If the Aden people had not taken the initiative to ambush the imperial cavalry outside the capital of the King of Aero, and then sent killers to slaughter all the Sky Temple in the capital of the King of Aero, how could the empire have gone crazy and killed all its scouts? , and now everyone is trapped and dead here, why? Isn’t it caused by the so-called strategic plan designated by the Aden people! Seeing that the situation was not going well, it was the Aden who ran away, those who attacked the imperial army were also Aden, it was the Aden who massacred the temple, and now it was the Aden who attracted the imperial army!

Everyone's eyes were reddening, and the heavy breathing could be heard.

"How many troops do the Aden people still have?" a lord asked with a vicious groan.

"Even if the 30,000 Aden army is intercepted, there should still be half of them." Another prince said hesitantly.

"In other words, there are fifteen thousand people. We have two hundred thousand people. We shouldn't have any pressure to eat fifteen thousand people!" The ferocious-looking lord punched the table.

"Yes, I have long disliked these Aden people. They are so gesticulating that they almost regard themselves as the masters of the southern Eero."

"Don't be impulsive. You must know that the only people who can help us resist the empire's march south are the people of Aden. We can't kill each other and let the empire take advantage of it." A nobleman looked like he was about to cry.

"But if we don't let the empire take advantage, can we all live?" Marquis Kentam, who had been silent, finally spoke. He glanced at the surrounding princes and sighed, "For the empire, we are not on the stage. Chess pieces are nothing more than the difference between being somewhat useful and being useless. If the imperial army wanted to attack us, they would have attacked us long ago. If we still don't show any use at all, then there is really only a dead end."

"Marquis Kentam, you are a lackey of the empire, what qualifications do you have..." A nobleman with an angry and red face glared at Marquis Kentam.

"That's enough, Lord Ajidi. What's the point of just venting your anger? Unless you can prevent the imperial army from attacking us, then it will be useful." A southern lord directly interrupted the noble and said unceremoniously. I agree with Lord Kentam. By killing the Aden people, the imperial sword has been placed on our necks. What are you still arguing about here?"

In the silence, another lord said, "I agree to take action against the Aden people."

"The people of Aden had bad intentions, and now they are only bringing the blame upon themselves!"

"Yes, take action! Only then will everyone have a way to survive."

On the side of the camp of the southern princes, the Aden people who had escaped had just set up camp. Poros went to the camp of the southern princes, but the southern princes refused to receive him.

"These idiots will pay the price one day." Boros left the southern coalition camp with a livid face. At four o'clock in the morning, a red dragon knight woke up the sleeping Boros. "Sir, people from the southern princes are coming, demanding Meet your lord!"

"Well, I understand. Please wait a moment. I'll be right away."

Boros suddenly sat up from the bed. The fierce fighting and running in the middle of the night made him exhausted. When he walked out of the tent, his eyes were even more sad. Beside the camp fire, some red dragon knights did not rest. They had just experienced The tragic defeat, as well as the guilt of abandoning 20,000 infantry, caused some Red Dragon Knights to let out terrible roars, as if they were crazy, and some people cried bitterly. Those dead Red Dragon Knights and infantrymen all lived together day and night in the Red Dragon Palace. Partner

"Detain them first, don't let others see the joke," Poros said with a cold face. Suddenly, there were the sounds of chaotic footsteps and the loud sounds of weapons and armor clashing outside, as well as the voice of the guardian knight, "What are you doing! Tai!" No manners anymore!”

A rough voice said: "No need to bother Lord Poros to come out, we can just go in ourselves!"

"Bastard! Do you understand the rules? This is the Aden camp, and those who trespass will be punished. There are assassins out there!" Then came the sounds of scoldings and weapons exchanges, and the guarding knight groaned, obviously injured. Hearing this, Boros already knew that something was wrong, and quickly drew out his saber. In the blink of an eye, the camp door had been kicked open. Countless torches swarmed in, and there were countless people in the shadows. Sharp blades The cold light of metal flashed in the crowd.