Red Dragon Emperor

The carriage set off from the Imperial Square, walked along the central avenue of Oka City, and left the city gate under the curious eyes of the residents of the imperial capital.

They planned to go south through the dark forest to reach the four northern countries, and then head east all the way to Dana Kingdom. Dana Kingdom is located on the edge of the Sea of ​​Storms and is a country that needs to be investigated.

The team left the city gate and walked on the commercial road leading to the Norn Kingdom.

This trade route is the lifeline of the Fussey Empire connecting the mainland,

In the past, in order to open up this trade route, imperial soldiers used iron and blood to open the way, and the emperor of the empire was even more god-defying, killing several legendary and extraordinary beasts such as the hydra and the blood lion.

With all the efforts of the whole country, a road to the sky was forcibly opened in the dark jungle, the forbidden place for adventurers.

After many years of development, the trade road opened up in the primitive dense forest has already changed greatly. The road is paved with neat stone slabs, and the stone slabs are directly connected by the [Turn Mud into Stone] magic, and the whole trade road is integrated.

As an important traffic route linking the northern prairie with the mainland countries, although this commercial road is not crowded with people, it is not lonely when walking on it. From time to time, you can meet caravans pulling a large amount of goods, and travelers traveling together Of course, there are also mercenaries and adventurers who make a living.

On the broad stone road lined with primeval dense forests, the master druid, Fillion, turned into a cheetah form, walking gracefully, following the elf ranger next to him step by step.

The elf ranger felt that the carriage was too stuffy, so he summoned the elk mount and rode on the elk to enjoy the surrounding scenery.

As the legendary powerhouse of the Mirkwood elves, Fillion naturally knew Edith Windcutter, and the two had contacted before. As the only elves in the mission, the two quickly got together.

Having nothing to do, the Druid looked around at the soldiers riding horses and asked in a low voice, "Master Edith, why don't we just teleport to the Kingdom of Dana?"

Edith was driving the elk, and looked back at the carriage in the middle of the team. The red dragon ring flag of the empire was planted on the top of this carriage, and there was only one of the five carriages, because this carriage was the leader of the mission, the mysterious dragon man— — Lihao's car.

"In addition to solving the [Spiritual Church] problem, His Majesty also assigned a task to inspect the situation in the Northern Territory and declare sovereignty," the elf ranger answered the question of the same clan in a low voice. Although this matter is not classified as a secret, it should not be disclosed too much people know.

"So that's how it is," Druid said suddenly.

The Fussey Empire has a large sphere of influence, and besides the empire's territory, there are also many dependent countries.

The territory of the empire is completely under the control of the emperor, but the dependent countries are not necessarily.

Although the south is the sphere of influence of the Pompeii Empire, there are many people who are supporters of the emperor's idea of ​​"Unity of all races". Similarly, although the north is the sphere of influence of the Forsyth Empire, there is no lack of "Tedanol human race dominance" champion of ideas.

It's nothing to just support, the key is that a very small number of people have secretly communicated with the southern forces, trying to overthrow the empire's rule over the northern countries, and they call themselves subversives.

Some time ago, there was a vicious incident in which refugees attacked imperial officials, which shocked the entire empire.

Later investigations revealed that the Subversive Organization was behind the attacks on imperial officials by refugees.

Of course, these small fights have no effect on the empire other than disgusting.

For subversive organizations that cannot be cut off like weeds, the empire pursues a policy of shooting the first bird, and it will be attacked immediately.

However, what the two elves didn't know was that the reason why they didn't choose to directly teleport to the Kingdom of Dana was not because of patrolling the territory and declaring the sovereignty of the empire, but because of the fight for Dragon Tooth clone.

As a newly born alchemy life, Longya's avatar maintains curiosity about everything in the outside world, and strongly requires carriages to travel, and the right to travel as wages.

It just so happened that [Windtalker Alliance] also needed some time to persuade the major forces and prepare related matters, so the Emperor of the Empire agreed to the request of the Dragon Tooth clone, and the declaration of sovereignty was just rhetoric.

After walking all the way for two days, the mission came to the edge of the empire.

The scenery of the dense forest road has changed, and it has become a road with a dense forest on one side and a swamp on the other.

This place is Panshui Swamp.

In the past, the Panshui Swamp ruled by the Hydra was full of poisonous insects and miasma. After decades of development, the appearance of the Panshui Swamp has changed drastically.

On the shore of the swamp, a bustling city rose up.

This city is very characteristic. The builders of the city combined the city and the swamp. The waterways in the city extend in all directions, making it look like a water city. The main residents of the city are the lizardmen of the Panshui clan.

In the carriage, Gus Panshui smelled the unique smell of the swamp, and his heart moved. He opened the curtain and looked out the window. He saw the familiar swamp, the familiar city, and the familiar lizardmen coming in and out at the city gate.

Seeing this scene, Gus Panshui smiled from the bottom of his heart, once again feeling lucky that he had chosen to join the Emperor of the Empire back then.

How could the Panshui clan be where it is today if they hadn't turned to the emperor at the beginning.

Today, the Panshui lizardman tribe is no longer the original lizardman tribe, but a large modern tribe with a population of 700,000 and a well-developed civilization.

Oh, no, the Fussey Empire has abolished the tribal system, just because lizardmen are amphibious creatures, and there are not many cities in the empire suitable for lizardmen to live in, so the vast majority of lizardmen live in Panshui City.

"Everyone, welcome to Panshui City."

The old lizard man shaman stepped out of the carriage and shouted to the team: "Everyone has been on the road for two days, why don't you rest in Panshui City for a while, so that I can show the friendship of the landlord."

The team discussed for a while, declined the lizard man shaman's offer, and moved on.

Because not long after continuing to move forward, the team will arrive at the southern gate of the empire-Kerry Morgan.

Kerry Morgan is an Orc language, meaning a land of glory defended with blood.

The reason why the southernmost fortress of the empire was named in the orc language is because of this trade route. The main pioneer of this city is the orc family. In order to reward the heroism and sacrifice of the orc family, the emperor of the empire gave the right to name the fort to the legendary orc warrior. — Graeme Stonehammer.

Carey Morgan's name was thus established.

By the way, the name of Kerry Morgan's city is the name of a large piece of land, and there are two cities on this piece of land.

After traveling for several hours, the mission arrived at Kerry Morgan and saw the scene on the distant land. Two cities stood on both sides of the commercial road.

One of the cities was built on a hillside, with towering walls lined with arrow towers, cannons mounted on the battlements, and even many of the highest masterpieces of the empire's alchemy civilization - the Howl of the Empire. The defenses were daunting.

Obviously, this is a purely military fortress born for war. The fortress is heavily guarded and non-imperial soldiers are not allowed to enter. The fortress leader is the legendary orc warrior - Graeme Stonehammer.

Another city was built on the flat ground beside the commercial road. This city was bigger than the fortress on the opposite hillside. The city wall was also tall, but the atmosphere was much more lively. People came and went at the gate of the city, and horse-drawn carts piled up outside the city In one piece.

This is a commercial city, providing resting places for businessmen coming and going. It is a must for businessmen entering and leaving the Forsyth Empire, because no matter whether it is a large chamber of commerce or a lone hawker, they must apply for customs clearance certificates here. Of course, they must apply for customs clearance certificates Sometimes it is inevitable to pay a generous tax.

In this way, the twin cities have a clear division of labor, guard each other, and jointly guard the southern gate of the Forsyth Empire.

The mission stayed in Carey Morgan for a long time to renovate and replenish supplies, and then set off again early the next morning.

The team left the imperial territory.

Gradually, the road got worse, especially after stepping into the wilderness, the stone road turned into a dirt road with potholes, and the carriage raised dust all the way.

The soldiers also became vigilant, putting their hands on the weapons around their waists at any time.

Due to the racial composition of the empire, the wild monsters common in the south are not a threat to the northern countries, but this does not mean that the wilds of the northern countries are not dangerous.

Wandering extraordinary beasts, robbers robbing trade routes, and subversive organizations mixed with fish and dragons.

In the business of subversive organizations, the quality of practitioners varies.

Some of them really aim to overthrow the Fussey Empire and establish a world where the human race dominates. For such people with ideals and beliefs, the Empire still maintains a certain degree of respect.

But there is another kind, holding the banner of "Tedanol Human Race Supreme" and engaging in robbing houses. This kind of person is no different from a robber.

In the carriage with magic anti-shock settings, Jose's avatar opened the curtain and looked at the endless wilderness.

He murmured to himself: "I hope there will be one or two people who don't have long eyes, so that my journey will not be so boring."

However, things backfired, and there was no one who didn't have a good eye, and José, who was looking forward to having fun, failed to do so.

This is normal.

The mission team carried the imperial flag, the carriages were exquisite, and the soldiers were well-equipped. Even the mounts under the soldiers' crotches were not ordinary mounts, but wargs, or horses with extraordinary blood.

The bandits who survived in the wilderness were not fools, they knew who to mess with and who not to mess with.

All the way was unimpeded, and the imperial mission crossed the Norn Kingdom and the Odyssey Kingdom, and it took five days to reach the border of the Dana Kingdom.

It's just that, on the surface, the road was smooth and calm, but it was unknown how much turmoil was turbulent in the dark. [Red Dagger] intercepted several magical messages sent to the south.

The secret contest between the Fussey Empire and the southern forces has nothing to do with the mission. The mission entered the Kingdom of Dana, entered a small border town, and received a grand reception from the local city lord.

In the high-end tavern in the small town, the imperial mission took over the entire tavern.

"How is it? Is there any news from [Windtalker Alliance]?" The dragon man put the wine glass in his hand on the stone table and looked at the elf druid who came down the stairs.

Just now, [Windtalker Alliance] headquarters contacted Druid with magic.

"My lord, the headquarters asked me to tell you that in order to avoid unpleasant incidents between the Forsyth Empire and the Pompeii Empire, the organization decided to let everyone act separately."

Druid then said: "The Pompeii Empire went from south to north, and the Forsyth Empire went from north to south. The organization dispatched from them to check the coastal countries of the Storm Strait one by one."

"Ok."

Jose shrugged, and had no objection to the arrangements of the [Windtalker Alliance]; "From north to south, well, that's right, the first one is to investigate the Kingdom of Dana."

"Fillian, can [Windtalker Alliance] provide some clues?"

"I'm afraid not."

The elf druid was a little embarrassed: "My lord, the center of [Spiritual Sect] has always been in the middle of the mainland, and there is rarely news of [Spiritual Sect] appearing in the Kingdom of Dana, so it is a pity that [Windtalker Alliance] ] cannot help."

"I understand," Jose raised his brows. Going to a strange country to investigate a powerful dark organization is no joke.

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At night, a small bird slid across the sky without a sound and landed on the window sill of Jose's room.

Jose picked up the bird without the slightest resistance, took out the letter paper tied to the bird's leg, and unfolded the letter paper wrapped in a roll. There was no need for lights, and Long Tong, who had dark vision, could read the words on the paper.

This letter is the information given to him by [Red Dagger].

After inquiring the Druid during the day to no avail, he sent a message to [Red Dagger] through Church Heartstacker, ordering [Red Dagger] to send information.

[Red Dagger], as the most mysterious institution in the empire, monitors all countries and has informants in each country. It is undoubtedly the most convenient to ask [Red Dagger] for information.

After reading, the letter paper was silently reduced to ashes.

Jose muttered to himself: "As expected of [Red Dagger], it really didn't disappoint me."

Among the information sent by [Red Dagger], one person was definitely a member of [Spiritual Sect].

A week ago, the Emperor of the Empire summoned the Elf Druids, and after knowing that there might be traitors in the [Windtalker Alliance], he ordered [Red Dagger] to stop the information exchange with [Windtalker Alliance], and gave Jose This information was discovered three days ago.

"Becketts Joyce, a familiar surname," Jose murmured.

He recalled the past, the former Earl of Green Lake—Berkeley Joyce, this ambitious earl made him go through a lot of trouble with his high-level strength, which was impressive.

"As expected of the Joyce family, the ancestors disguised themselves as dandies and secretly plotted to control the nobles of the kingdom. The modern Joyce abandoned his surname and pretended to be a businessman, secretly working for the [Spiritual Sect] in an attempt to control the royal family."

Jose smiled, not caring about this person.

The Earl of Green Lake was an ant in front of him at his peak, and he is still an ant now.

"However, we can't let him run away," Jose closed his eyes and thought for a while, before sending a message to the Gnoll——Church Heartstacker.

Church Heart Stabber is a legendary thief, born in [Red Dagger], proficient in sneaking and assassination.

"My lord, are you looking for me?" The wolf man pushed the door open without a sound.

"Ok."

Jose nodded, and then went straight to the point: "I want you to go out and arrest someone, it must be alive, of course, the premise is to ensure your own safety."

"Understood, who does the Lord Envoy want me to arrest?"

"His name is Becketts Joyce. On the surface, he is a businessman who relies on providing novelty gadgets to the children of the royal family of Dana to cling to the powerful, but he is actually a secret member of the [Spiritual Sect], according to Intelligence, his current location is not far from us, and he is conducting smuggling activities, right here..."

After clarifying the location, Jose instructed again: "He is the only clue we have so far. Bring him back and try not to startle the snake. We don't know if there is anyone behind him yet."

"Understood," the wolf-man thief jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.