Realm of Power

The Southern Alliance actually came at this time! Atrice was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment. On the contrary, the black-haired young man looked calm and smiled as if he had foreseen it. "These old-school princes are indeed experts at seizing opportunities. After knowing that the situation is irreversible, Next, look for an opportunity to sell yourself a good Regarding the price, I even suspect that when the Kentam family allowed them to go south, they were already making such calculations. After all, no one is a fool. If they fight with the empire, they will only benefit the Kentam family in the end, but not Do you know who is coming on behalf of the Confederacy this time?”

"It's Count Tamasu of the Confederacy," the guard lowered his head and replied.

"It's just a count?" Hearing this name, the black-haired young man's eyes were slightly surprised, although his knowledge of the southern family came from Ankolo, the former Princess of Hérault, and Ankolo was the intelligence of the former Hérault royal family. The person in charge, naturally pays more attention to large families such as the Kentam family. Regarding these second-level earls, Ankoluo's content is very limited, but among the southern princes, there are enough earl families. There are more than twenty people. Could it be that I thought wrongly? The Confederacy wasn't here to negotiate surrender?

"What are you talking about? It's Count Tamasu who's here. Are you sure you heard the other person's identity correctly?" Atrice's body shook up, her eyes were full of shock, and she took a deep breath and asked urgently.

"What is the identity of Count Tamasu? It deserves your surprise." The black-haired young man's eyes flickered. From Atrice's expression, he could feel that the other person's identity was quite unusual. As for the matter in the south of Erro, with the contact , only to discover that the south is far from as simple as initially thought.

It turns out that the black-haired young man only believed that at most there were still some remnants of the original Holy City civilization in southern Erault.

But in fact, it is more than just that. There are not only ruins in the south, but also the so-called Tianmiao, which is said to be part of the original southern branch, and the mysterious wilderness territory. This time, the big river flooded again, which caused The geographical environment of some large rivers has changed again, more likely because of the wilderness There was an internal change, which again caused the river course to change. The vanguard fleet temporarily stopped at Kentam's house. In addition to the changes in the Sea of ​​Mist, it was also because it was not known whether the large river courses in the southern region had also changed. In the absence of Before completing the exploration, it would be a gamble to continue the fleet south.

"The Tamasu family has a very special status among the southern princes. The Guka Curtain Mountain in the territory is where the Tianmiao Temple is located. Therefore, the Tamasu family represents the guardians of the Tianmiao in the Southern Alliance. But twenty years ago, Tamasu Because of some conflicts, the family has already announced its withdrawal from the Confederacy. "Atrice's pretty face was also full of confusion, and she couldn't figure out why. Why would the Tamasu family, which had not been seen for twenty years, suddenly appear here on behalf of the alliance? On the contrary, the black-haired young man vaguely guessed that this Count Tamasu was really the guardian of the temple. In essence, he was the former Saint. The guardian of the city's civilization, and as a descendant of the same holy city's civilization, there is exactly one person who is in the south at the moment.

"Let them come in." The black-haired young man waved his hand. He was also very curious about this temple and wanted to see what the so-called guardian family of the temple looked like. Atrice walked over with an unusually solemn expression and said: The voice said, "The Tamasu family serves as the guardian of the temple. The family is not entirely related to the territory, but also because the Tamashu family has a hot temper. Otherwise, they would not have fallen out with the Confederacy in the first place, and directly announced their withdrawal from the Confederacy regardless of the Confederacy's face. If there is anything to contradict you. , please be more patient."

Atrice has been frightened by the empire's tough style during this period. She is afraid that if the two sides disagree, the black-haired young man will start killing people, even killing other people. This is the Tamasu family that enjoys a good reputation in the south. Although the Tamasu family left the Confederacy, they broke free from the embarrassing status of the Confederacy and gained the respect of more southerners!

"Don't worry, I'm not a murderer." The black-haired young man shrugged his shoulders.

Soon, the guards came to the front with several people. At the front was an old man who was tall and thin but as erect as a spear. He should be Count Tamasu. It was just as Atrice said. , the aura was extraordinary, but for some reason, the moment he saw the young man returning to life, the old man's majestic eyes lit up.

Behind the old man, there were one woman and two men. The woman naturally attracted the attention of the black-haired young man immediately. She was a proud and beautiful woman, but her eyes were somewhat soft, and she was no less awe-inspiring than a man. Her heroic spirit, especially her bright eyes, makes people feel that she is a woman who dares to take action and is never indecisive.

The other two middle-aged men have strong and brave figures. The tallest one has sharp eyes with confidence and full of challenge.

It can be seen that the Tamasu family is indeed, as Atrice said, a bit of a dilettante. It may be that they have been self-isolating for too long after breaking away from the Southern Alliance, so that they have not even understood the current environment. This time they were taken by the Alliance. The other party invited him to negotiate. If he didn't know that the other party was here to negotiate, the black-haired young man would have suspected that the other party was here to fight.

"Your Excellency must be Count Tamasu. I wonder what the purpose of coming here on behalf of the alliance is?" the black-haired young man looked at the old man and asked calmly.

"Yes, my father is Count Tamasu. Without announcing his name, Your Excellency called my father by his first name. This is very..." The old man had not yet spoken, but the very tall young man behind him He wanted to speak first, but the old man shouted and cursed, "Shut up, you idiot, get out immediately, there is no place for you to speak here."

"Father!"

The young man shouted with a strange expression. He did not expect Count Tamasu to reprimand him directly. You must know that he is the most powerful in the family and is also the youngest son of Count Tamasu. He has a great reputation around the Tianmiao. , has the title of the number one master of the young generation of Southern Elo. This time, the Southern Alliance specially sent people to Tianmiao to request Tianmiao to come forward. To suppress the Kentam family, some people mentioned that the imperial military was behind the Kentam family. The imperial military's great reputation and reputation as the number one in the mainland made the younger generation of the Tamasu family feel dissatisfied. , if it were not for the restrictions of the Tianmiao, Hu Keqili, the so-called number one general in the empire, might not be able to win one-on-one!

What is going on. . . . . Atrice's pretty face was full of shock. She was worried that the Tamasu family would bump into the black-haired young man, but she didn't expect that Count Tamasu would behave so abnormally. Atrice had to think that Tamasu, who had always been upright, Is the Su family also afraid of the empire's sword? If such news spreads, the entire south will be shocked. The Tamasu family, which has always been unafraid of power, will bow its head?

"Didn't you hear that? Xilin stays, you two go out first!" Count Tamasu turned his head and glanced behind him, and said again with a livid face. The two men following him, one was his youngest son Xi Lawrence, the other one was his guard captain, and the woman was his third daughter Celine. Silence and the guard captain exited the hall,

"Your Majesty Count Tamasu, what do you mean?"

The black-haired young man narrowed his eyes into a thin line, his gaze as cold as the stars at night, and tapped the armrest of the bench rhythmically with his fingers. Just from the flash in Count Tamasu's eyes, he thought it was an illusion, but now he saw Come on, this is not an illusion. Did Count Tamasu recognize him? It's impossible. It's still top secret to enter the southern part of Hérault. Everyone thinks that the person in charge of the imperial army is the Imperial Minister of Military Affairs, Hu Keqili. No one would have thought that the emperor would take the risk and personally sneak into the southern part of Hérault, because this is really It makes no sense. The entire Obarro knows that the south of Erault is a wasteland of ruins and yellow sand. It is already beyond the standard to send an imperial minister of military affairs, let alone an imperial emperor!

"Tamasu from the Southern Héro Branch pays homage to the Son of the Temple of Heaven, His Majesty the Imperial Emperor." Count Tamasu looked serious and suddenly took a step forward and knelt on the ground.

There was a sudden silence in the entire hall, with only the sound of the wind blowing around. No one expected that Count Tamasu, the guardian of the Temple of Heaven, would come like this. Not to mention that the black-haired emperor was a little confused, he was the one behind Count Tamasu. The woman named Celine had bulging eyes. In her impression, her father, Count Tamasu, was a strong-willed man. He did not hesitate to break with the Southern Alliance because of the unfair treatment of a certain family by the Alliance. ! But now, he is kneeling on one knee in front of the young man in front of him

The one who had the biggest reaction to this sentence was Atrice. The words "His Majesty the Emperor" spoken by Count Tamasu were spoken in the frank and well-spoken South Eero language. It fell to Atrice. In her ears, it was like thunder rolling down from the sky: "Emperor, he is the Emperor!" Atrice suddenly turned her head and looked at the calm black-haired man sitting on the long chair, feeling dazed for a while.

"Are you sure you didn't admit the wrong person?"

The black-haired young man sighed. With a lofty name like Tianmiao, you can tell that it exists to preserve something. Since it is related to the original holy city, the most likely person to be related is Putami. Ya, I don’t know what this woman said to make the other person believe that she is a son of some kind of Tianmiao, but this is normal. At the beginning, the southern princes did not agree to follow the Hérault royal family to move to the north. A big reason was that they were dissatisfied with the Hérault royal family's execution of the second generation pope. In other words, the southern Hérault princes actually had relatives in the southern branch of the Holy City. People from the Religion faction, from this point of view, the Temple of Heaven may be a stronghold of the Religion State in the southern part of Hérault.

"I'm absolutely right. I have here a token given by the second-generation chief priest." Count Tamasu stood up and took out a picture from his arms. The picture on it was clearly the appearance of a black-haired young man.

"This..." The black-haired emperor suddenly stood up from the bench, his eyes fell on the painting, and his breathing was a little abnormal. It was so weird. The painting was indeed a painting of himself, although it was a bit rough. , but with black hair and eyes as bright as lightning, he thought it was Count Tamasu who was lying, but he didn’t expect that Count Tamasu took out a token claiming to be the second-generation chief priest.

The second-generation chief priest is not the second-generation pope of the Order State who caused the disaster in the entire south eighty years ago. How could a figure from eighty years ago look like himself?

Count Tamasu raised the painting in his hand and said with great excitement, "When the holy city was destroyed, the priest group fled to the southern branch. Because of differences with the southern branch, the southern branch rebelled, and finally the second generation of chief priests Opening the Eye of God triggered a catastrophe throughout the south, and he eventually died in Lutia Castle. However, few people knew that the reason why the second-generation chief priest chose the most difficult escape to the north was actually to cover up his actions. The fact that I have been to Tianmiao, according to the prophecy of the second-generation priest chief, that after the flood, the yellow sand will cover most of the southern part. It will not be until the son of Tianmiao comes to the world again eighty years later that the southern part of Elo will appear again. The Acting Chief Priest specially left this painting as evidence to find the son of the Tianmiao. It was not until some time ago that the contemporary Pope Putamia came to the Tianmiao in person and saw this painting and said that the person in the painting was His Majesty the Emperor. Myself!"

"It's indeed Potamia!"

The black-haired young man smiled bitterly and rubbed his temples angrily and amusedly. It’s certain that this painting is 100% fake. How could a person from 80 years ago paint his own appearance? The Pope of Putamia is truly worthy of being at the top of the profession of magician. He even lies without blinking. In the blink of an eye, there is a high probability that what kind of benefits did Potamia promise to give to Tianmiao? , so that Tianmiao jumped out to help him at the last critical moment. With the certification of the so-called sons of Tianmiao on the level of Tianmiao, the southern princes surrendered without any psychological burden, and they also Saving face, to a certain extent, they are not surrendering

Because the Southern Alliance was originally established to protect the Tianmiao. If the emperor of the empire is the son of the Tianmiao, then they are called a return!

As for the prophecy that the southern part of the Hérault will reappear eighty years later, anyone who is not blind can sense the huge changes in the climate in the south. Heavy rain began to fall in the south where it had not rained, and rivers that had been dry for decades began to overflow again. Full of water, the wash of the great flood has caused the edges of the yellow sand to disappear rapidly. In some areas, the green color that has not been seen for many years has even been revealed due to the retreat of the flood.

"What did Putamiya give to Tianmiao?" After the black-haired young man was silent for more than ten seconds, he asked

"I don't know what your Majesty means by this? Do you think this painting is a forgery? No, your Majesty can definitely find someone to identify it. This is indeed left by the second-generation chief priest eighty years ago."

The black-haired young man's eyes fell on Count Tamasu's face. The old man had a very determined look on his face, showing no signs of guilt at all. He insisted that the emperor was the son of Tianmiao, and he sincerely asked the son of Tianmiao. Accepting the allegiance of the southern princes, he looks like he will kneel down as long as the black-haired emperor refuses. His acting skills are definitely at the level of an actor.

"Do you think I will accept the surrender of Southern Hero without telling me the truth?"

The black-haired emperor sat down on the long chair, took a deep breath, and his tone was extremely cold. The domineering energy on his body overflowed like water, making the temperature in the entire hall seem to drop a bit. Hearing the black-haired emperor's words , Count Tamasu's body shook slightly, and the expression on his face also changed. He started to become serious and sighed. "I know this cannot deceive His Majesty the Emperor at all. In fact, this time the Tianmiao bowed his head, it was a last resort. Pope Potamia did go to the Tianmiao, and was lost in the Tianmiao for thirty-five years before he was sent back. At the same time, he also brought back a very dangerous news.

That was when getting the scepter under the Desolate Territory, Putamia also saw another incredible thing, which was a huge transparent screen similar to a map.

Based on Putamia's understanding of the southern part of the Hérault, he recognized that it was the map of the southern part of the Hérault. On that map, which was as translucent as crystal, the yellow that represented the south was decreasing one by one, but disappeared in the yellow. In the place where large red dots appeared, they should be wild beasts. This is what Putamiya said in the Tianmiao.

Pope Putamia believed that these wild beasts originally lived in the yellow sand area and had adapted to the environment there. However, with the rapid decrease of the yellow sand, the wild beasts had to gather towards other yellow sand that had not yet dissipated. On the edge of the sandy area, the red dots representing beasts are so densely packed that they cannot be counted. In other words, when the yellow sand completely dissipates, these beasts will rush out of the yellow sand. In this case, just relying on the power of the southern Ero, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop these beasts. The only way for wild beasts to survive in the yellow sand is to ask the empire to send troops."