Twenty Sided Dice

The next day, after eliminating the effects of beer on his body, Siegel spent the morning practicing his sword swing and spending the afternoon and evening reading those interesting books. Such peaceful days were a rare pleasure for him, as pleasant as the wind and fine weather in the sea.

So on the third day, the squid woke up early, and every time he had eaten and drank his energy, he felt very good, and he could sleep a lot less. He heard the sound of chopping wood in the backyard, and was about to take this opportunity to exercise.

"Hey, squid, you got up so early!" Timothy was rolling up his sleeves, showing his strong arms, swinging an axe with a big head, and chopping firewood hard. "Why didn't you go to the port?"

"What are you doing at the port? Did something happen?"

"Haven't you heard?" Timothy explained: "A very beautiful golden warship has docked with the starry royal flag hanging on it. I guess it's a prince traveling, or at least a royal duke."

"What is the royal family doing here? Don't they all stop at Waterdeep City to the north?"

"Who knows what the gentlemen think?" The innkeeper shook his head. "The greatest joy for them is not to see a piece of land, walk over, point to it, and say, 'This is mine,' and everything in it is gone. It's his. It'd be better if the land already had an owner, and we could fight for a few years—the poor people died anyway."

"Are you saying that they fell in love with Ximu Town?"

"Anyway, there has never been a master here, and everyone doesn't have to pay the lord's tax. After secretly laughing for so long, they should be content. It is estimated that some prince or duke thinks that their treasury is not full enough and needs more ding dong dong. The sound of the sound, so I came over in the boat." Timothy split the firewood with force, like cutting off the head of a pirate: "I can't do anything about this anyway, I've watched it."

Siegel was curious, he wanted to see the golden ship. After 16 years of sailing at sea, he has seen all kinds of ships, human, elves, orcs, and even such exotic ships as dwarf wide-body ships - dwarves hate water, let alone sailing - But he has never seen a golden battleship. He bid farewell to the innkeeper, packed his belongings and headed to the dock.

The Golden Battleship is a five-masted ship that occupies a row of berths alone in the harbor. The gigantic hull shows an inviolable temperament. It uses the star-shaped head of an angel. The sculpted angel closes his eyes and pays no attention to the creatures kneeling below her. The angel held the giant sword in both hands and pointed obliquely to the sea, which was exactly the collision angle of the battleship. Compared with it, other sea ships are like poor children who can only hide and play in the mud obediently.

Sure enough, the battleship is flying the flag of the royal family of the Star Kingdom, and no one will mistake the big tree emblem with the starlight down. Next to the royal flag, the angel flag of the Church of Dawn was hung, which just explained the identity of the soldiers who stood on the deck like statues - the Knights of the Dawn Guard. There are also many flags of the accompanying nobles hanging beside it.

There is a flag that no one knows, and the design is very simple: a red base with a white double swirl.

Through the towering portholes, the brilliance of the rising sun fills the harbour, laying a golden halo on this rare tranquility. The sailors are all knowledgeable and powerful people. They wait for the golden battleship to make moves before they dare to decide what to do for the day.

In the eyes of Prince Andrew, this is a chaotic and lowly city that needs order and noble managers. However, this manager will not be himself, a small town is enough to have at most one baron, coupled with a sufficiently loyal tax officer. To anchor the ship here is enough to make the whole city tremble, and the prince no longer needs to be in the line.

"This is Ximu Town? Are you sure you want this place?"

What the prince called 'you' were some people in robes. They held staffs and took off their hoods, and everyone had no hair, only the swirl marks on the top of their heads were revealed.

One of the people in robes came out, and he was obviously the leader of the group. The man walked up to the prince obediently, bowed his head, kissed the prince's seal, and said, "Your Highness, the Knox will be happy to serve you."

The knights of the dawn standing on the other side kept their eyes on those who were close to the prince. They were responsible for protecting the royal family, so they wore full-body armor even on the boat. They have the right to participate in all royal activities, but never deal with politics and have no opinion on policy. Only when assassins, demons, or evil forces identified by the Church intend to harm the body or mind of the royal family, the Knights of the Dawn will protect them.

Knox Common Club acts radically. In recent years, it has developed rapidly and attracted a large number of talents. The Dawn Church is also paying attention to the rise of this force, and has sent many "star-eye" spies. Judging from the feedback, there is no evidence that the Knox Commons are doing evil things, so the Dawn Knights will not prevent them from contacting the royal family.

Prince Andrew sat in a chair with a tall back and looked at the mages who had always been very humble in front of him. It's hard to see their thoughts, the prince thought, these Knox members must have ulterior motives, otherwise they would not apply for the construction of the mage tower in this seaport city. 'Who can tell me the answer? ’ The prince remembered that when he was in the Star City, there were advisors from the academy at any time to answer questions, and in the New World, he could only rely on himself.

"Are you sure you want to build the mage tower here? Although it is a seaport and convenient for transportation, the population is small and the order is chaotic. It will involve a lot of energy."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, we will do our best to satisfy you."

'That's not the answer I want to hear! ' Prince Andrew wanted to shout it out, but he knew it would make people think he was ignorant and shallow. With a sincere smile on his face, Andrew said: "Ximu Town is currently under the trusteeship of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, not a fief of any country. I will be a witness to let you both negotiate the redemption, but I will not take sides. Moreover, if The two sides cannot reach an agreement, and neither is allowed to resort to violence or other means.”

"Follow your will, Your Royal Highness."

Andrew waved his hand and told these worms to retreat quickly. He took a glass of wine from the maid and drank it. After that, he looked at his attendant, Earl Todd. This resolute warrior, in his 60s, fought as his grandfather's knightly entourage, assisted his father in ruling the country, and now teaches himself. As long as he was by his side, all courtiers and titles would understand who would be the future king.

"Lord Count, everything on the ship is done, can we go ashore?"

"One more thing, His Royal Highness, 'that letter'. Master Lier instructed to open it after docking and before disembarking."

"Oh, yes, that's what the wise Master Liel said. I remembered giving you the box for the letters, didn't I, Mister Count?"

"I brought it for you."

The prince took the box, the sealing wax on it was intact, and the dark pattern was not damaged, just like when Master Lier handed it to him. Andrew told everyone to leave, and only the prince, earl and the Dawnguard were left in the cabin. Except for Prince Andrew, the others automatically formed a circle with their backs to their backs, with their hands on the long swords around their waists, on guard, not allowing anyone to approach and peep. After everyone stood still, the prince took a deep breath, crushed the sealing wax, unlocked the box with his signet ring, and took out the letter inside.

"Knox is a sharp sword, use it carefully to ensure that it only hurts the enemy; the Church of Dawn is a strong shield, patiently check to ensure that there are no cracks. Lead the dragon to help, the shadow advances, the stars will not die, the king will obey."

After reading it, the prince lit the letter with flint and burned it to ashes.

"Okay, I can finally go ashore. There is nothing fun to do in these days except to watch Knox's mage blow up an orc pirate ship. It is said that there are many rare customs here in the New World. It's better to come here once. Look good."

"The Chamber of Commerce alliance has been arranged, Your Royal Highness. They are waiting for you on the shore." The Count replied, leading the way ahead.

On the other hand, the leaving Knox common mages would gather in their cabins and form a protective circle. Ordinary mages cast various protective spells to ensure that no one can peep into the room, while their leader, Archmage Casper, who has been dealing with the prince, is being protected in the center of the circle. In front of him was a basin of mercury, the archmage's slender and dexterous hands moved on the mercury, and the magic energy made the mercury appear as a perfect mirror and display images.

That was the image of the prince opening Master Liel's letter in another cabin.

In the mercury basin, the content of the letter is clearly visible: "Beware of the Red Shadow Spire, chaos spreads; the golden dragon and the black phoenix have appeared, and the dynasty can be safe. Retreat in the face of plague, advance in the face of darkness, and let them die. later life."

Then the prince burned the letter, and the image in the mercury basin disappeared. The mages of Knox gathered around, waiting for the leader's instructions.

"The prophets of the academy live up to their reputation, and they have already seen part of our plans. But they haven't dug too deep, otherwise they would have communicated with the Church of the Morning Sun already." Archmage Kasper said: "In the new world, the academy has no power. Yes, the same is true for the Church of the Morning Sun. Their gods cannot use their full strength. This is our chance, the best chance in five hundred years. We carefully guard our own power, this hard-won power, hiding and waiting, Almost forgotten by the world. But being forgotten is not our goal, never has been. May the red flames shine on the world!"

"Red flames shine on the universe!" The others responded in a low voice.

"Go and settle those greedy and ignorant businessmen, let them get out of Ximu Town, and quickly complete this boring process of negotiation." The archmage said: "I cast spells on the seal ring, and the prince can only see me and let him see it. This is very beneficial to us. Tell the kitten in Star City that the information she brings is very valuable, reward her, promote her, and let her continue to serve us as soon as possible. "

"The kitten has come to the New World. As a reward, how about assigning her some treasure hunting?" A mage said. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

"The reward she can get is equal to her courage? This idea is not a bad idea. In addition, contact the flames that are already in the New World, and let them turn in the tasks assigned to them, and the time has come to test their abilities. I order to build red flame magic as soon as possible. Towers, don't be delayed in terms of resources and building materials."

As the instructions continued to be issued, the mages began to act separately. Until the end, there were two people left in the cabin. Master Kasper said to another person: "You don't need to worry about the chores in the common meeting, I have other things for you."

"Yes, teacher." The man lowered his head and stroked his chest, waiting for the arrangement of the archmage.

"The golden dragons and black phoenixes mentioned by Master Lier in the letter are very interesting to me. I will find them and see if they can be used by me. It just so happens that you can continue to practice transformation spells and strive to become the chief in this field."

Afterwards, the archmage left the cabin, and he had to accompany the prince to participate in the negotiation with the chamber of commerce. As they disembarked, the band arranged by the chamber of commerce began to play a welcome song, and streamers and petals fell from the cliff and fell on the onlookers. The prince waved his hand to greet the people here, perfectly showing the magnanimous and stalwart side of the king.

On the shore, Siegel looked at the group of heavily armed soldiers from a distance—sophisticated weapons and well-organized uniforms—and secretly envied them. The prince is also worth seeing, after all, it is difficult to see members of the royal family, and they are always unreal in legends. When the mages of the Knox Common Society disembarked, the squid clearly saw the swirl tattoos on those bald heads. He thought about it and decided to slip away before anyone noticed, and he needed to tell Sir Bill about it.