Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 259

The organ and horns of the Imperial Royal Orchestra officially kicked off the St. Augustus Festival celebrations.

Xiahou Yanku sat among a group of disgusting and fat-headed imperial nobles, watching the current emperor of the empire, His Majesty Basil, dressed in a gorgeous purple robe, stepping up to the minaret step by step, reciting the ancient imperial eulogy , only feel drowsy.

Even the original owner of the body, Mr. Elliot Igor, was sent to the Academy City early and had very indifferent memories of his father. What is the overly intense feeling of "killing the father and the enemy" in the name——

——To be honest, he might hate His Majesty Basil even more for dispatching himself to the Soul Cracking Land where birds do not lay eggs, rather than chopping off the neck of Old Vincent with a single knife.

Of course, Katrina had a completely different idea.

Katerina Igor, the elder sister of the Lord of Frost Maple Ridge and one of the only two remaining members of the Igor family, was also eligible to attend the ceremony with the Lord Lord, but Katerina really couldn't forgive her. His Majesty Emperor Basil, who executed his father, didn't even want to take a look at it, so he took Cousins ​​Knight for a long run to the open hood to have a snack early——

——In the end, only Xia Houyan was left in prison under the sun.

Shuangfengling suffered from the face of eight generations of poor peasants, holding a large cup of ginger tea and sipping continuously, waiting until His Majesty the Emperor finished preaching the eulogy, and also waited until Richelieu, the Universal Patriarch of the Supreme Church, commanded A group of acolytes burn a wild boar alive as a sacrifice to St. Augustus, and that's when the really interesting highlight of the day begins:

The opening ceremony of the hunting contest.

His Majesty Emperor Basil stood on the altar, took a crystal jar from the attendants, and then raised the crystal jar high, showing the parchment scrolls sealed in the jar and the mouth of the jar to the nobles in the square. Undamaged wax paint.

The noble lords on the square immediately sat up straight with their waists:
Everyone knows that the hunting location and target prey of this hunting contest are written on the scroll in this jar!

Of course, no one takes these confidentiality measures such as wax paint and glass jars seriously—no matter how well you seal it, won’t this parchment scroll still stay in the hands of the imperial court?
It couldn't be easier to cheat and cheat!
His Majesty the Emperor obviously understood that these measures to "guarantee fairness" were just a symbolic process, so he did not display too many glass jars. Instead, with the help of his attendants, he tremblingly lifted the wax on the mouth of the jar and took out the scroll , Flattened it on the minaret, looked down for a few moments, and then looked up.

His Majesty Emperor Basil's magically amplified voice spread throughout the Campo de' Fiori:

"Loyal subjects of the empire, my dearest brothers, now I, Basil Palioglo III, under the supreme guidance of the Supreme Holy Spirit, will reveal to you the meaning of this St. Augustus Day. hunting mission...

"Everyone may already know that in the previous celebration hunting competitions, all the glorious lords of the empire, in order to defend the glory of the Supreme Holy God, have hunted and killed wild wolves, stags, wild boars, griffins, basilisks and Nightmare beasts... But this time, the Holy Spirit and I will entrust you with a more difficult task..."

His Majesty Basil held up the scroll of parchment, took another serious look, and then solemnly announced in an aging and hoarse voice:

"This time, our heroic Imperials will hunt down—a Scarlet Vulture!"

The ginger tea in Xia Houyan's mouth sprayed the nobleman in the front seat on the back of his head.

But the unlucky guy whose hair was washed with ginger tea didn't have time to denounce the disrespectful behavior of the lord;

Because the entire Campo de la Fiori has been submerged by the turbulent waves of shock, completely immersed in the noisy whispers!
Although there are many incompetent dandies among the lords of the empire, history is a compulsory course in noble education after all, and a traditional noble with a little common sense, just hearing this terrifying name is enough to break into a cold sweat——

Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture!

This big bird of purgatory is not some little-known pawn from another world, but a legendary creature that has fought against dragon knights countless times in the history of the mainland!

In the history of the St. Augustus Festival Hunting Contest, we have hunted common beasts, as well as slightly intelligent low-level monsters and ancient species, but never once have we set our sights on such a monster whose combat power is comparable to that of a giant dragon. on the epic creature!

This... This is fucking different from what I said!

God is sorry, the pre-match preparations of the nobles of the empire are still aimed at ordinary beasts such as stags and wild boars!
Seeing that the Campo de' Fiori was about to fall into turmoil, His Majesty Basil pressed his palms tiredly on the altar, and said loudly with a magical voice that had been amplified twice:

"Silence! Ladies and gentlemen, please be silent! This temporary change of hunting target is purely accidental..."

His Majesty's majesty and the "Volume Amplification Technique" are still somewhat effective after all. The nobles of the empire suppressed their doubts and waited quietly for His Majesty's further explanation:
Only a certain lord of the Land of Cracking Soul with a guilty conscience desperately looked around to find a safe passage so that he could escape for a while.

His Majesty Basil on the minaret, with obvious helplessness in his eyes, said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, the prey prepared by our imperial family for the hunting competition was a group of Frost Goats captured from the Frostbone Mountains. They had been kept in captivity at the Kemal Manor fifty miles north of the Imperial Capital—but just a month ago, suddenly there was a goat. The Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture flew from the south, devoured the group of Frost Goats, and settled down in the Kemal Manor..."

The nobles in the audience all said "Fuck" silently.

His Majesty Basil said sadly:
"After that, we will seal off the Kemal Manor and prohibit random access. If you come from the north, you should be able to see the cordon and the guards on duty on the road... According to the original plan, the Imperial Central Army was originally They are planning to encircle and suppress this purgatory monster, but...cough cough...you all know that the Supreme Holy God gave the empire a little temptation on the battlefield in the east, so the empire has a shortage of soldiers now..."

The nobles in the audience all said "fuck" silently.

His Majesty the Emperor has already talked about this point, how can anyone not know the ins and outs behind the whole thing——

It is clearly the Eastern Army of Grand Duke Rosario. After losing to the Orc Federation on the Eastern Front recently, the Central Army stationed in the Imperial Capital was transferred to the Eastern Region to repair the hole!

And one result is that the current empire simply cannot spare manpower to encircle and suppress the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture, which is as powerful as a giant dragon, so it puts its idea on the noble lords participating in the hunting competition—as long as the target of the hunting competition Decided to be the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture, this group of elite lords of the empire can only be forced to act as a cameo demon hunter to help the empire get rid of this serious problem!

As for why His Majesty Basil was so anxious to kill the purgatory bird, the reason is self-evident:

Because the owner of the Kemal Manor, the Marquis Kemal, is the sister of His Majesty the Empress who had an affair with Her Majesty when she was young, that is, His Majesty Basil's sister-in-law!

The suddenly enlightened noble lords have already scolded the grass mud horse many times in the audience: the grass mud horse:
Cooperating with you, His Majesty Basil, was blown by your little lover, and you want our men to risk their lives to dance tango with a purgatory creature? !
The problem is precisely that the hunting competition symbolizes the supreme honor, and solving problems for the emperor of the empire is indeed part of the oath of loyalty of these noble lords——

——Facing His Majesty the Emperor who stood on the moral high ground, the lords of the empire had no choice but to obey the arrangement and hunt the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture collectively, no matter how unwilling they were...

Seeing the indignation and undercurrents surging in the Campo de' Fiori, His Majesty Basil stepped back wittily, and pushed out another top speaker:
"Next, the chief mage of the imperial court, Master Mephisto, will explain the details of the prey to you!"

After thanking His Majesty the Emperor, an old mage in white robes with white beard and hair and a hale and hearty spirit walked steadily to the front of the stage, suppressing the dissatisfaction of the noble lords.

The highly respected Master Mephisto is the chief mage enshrined in the imperial court, and the strength of his eighth-level archmage is the object of lifelong admiration for all elemental users;

Compared with Master Victor Laurie, who is about the same age, Master Mephisto is not only incompetent, but also has a very different image from the chief mage of Shuangfengling—if we say Master Laurie's dirty, smelly gray robe, and his messy flea-streaked hair are more suitable for being an elder of the Beggar Gang, while Master Mephisto, who is dressed in pure white, kind and kind, is simply It's like a god descending to earth, which makes people feel admiration spontaneously.

"Please forgive me..." Master Mephisto's voice has also been amplified by magic, but it has no sense of aging. Fight hard for the fate of humanity and the empire..."

The master's words are more or less apologetic to the participating nobles for the sudden change of the competition system without notice.

There were many dissatisfied groups of imperial lords in their hearts, and they suddenly calmed down a lot.

"Now let me explain to you the specific information about this Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture that can be made public at present." Master Mephisto said calmly, "As His Majesty Basil just said, this one comes from Purgatory. The World of Warcraft flew from the south to the Imperial Capital area without warning a month ago—it fell into a deep sleep after arriving at the Kemal Manor: According to the Magic Association’s understanding of purgatory creatures, this means Seeing that it suffered from some kind of old injury and experienced a long-distance flight, it must find a chance to recuperate and recover... Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the injury on its body, but this at least means that this red flame Vultures won't be as difficult to deal with as health."

The imperial lords whispered to each other:
Who on earth has such a great ability to injure a high-level purgatory creature?

Only a certain lord of Shuangfengling who curled his neck like a turtle knew that it was a "Babylon densely patterned steel needle" made by Hanyang...

Master Mephisto continued:
"Everyone, even if the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture is in a healthy state, its strength is only between the fifth and sixth rank dragons. Today, the elites from all the major territories of the empire have gathered together, and we can completely defeat this giant dragon. Purgatory demon with old wounds!"

The lords around Xia Houyan were all mumbling in dissatisfaction:
In fact, no one doubted whether the purgatory bird was an opponent of the elites of the major territories - no matter how powerful a purgatory creature is, it is impossible to be safe and sound under the siege of magicians, knights and archers hundreds of times stronger than itself;
The only problem is that when the expected prey is changed from wild boars and stags to purgatory firebirds, the casualties that the major territories will have to pay will definitely be much heavier-even if the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture is sure to die, he must die before he dies. It is not a problem to take away a few lives!

Everyone was still discussing, suddenly a nobleman stood up and shouted in the front row of the square:

"Master Mephisto! Purgatory creatures have appeared around the imperial capital. Does this...does this mean that there is a space-time rift leading to the purgatory realm on the mainland?!",

Everyone's hearts were in unison:
Spotting a cockroach is no problem, but having a nest of roaches hiding in your home can be a big problem!
Master Mephisto on the minaret nodded slowly and said:
"The Duke of Marshall's question is very valuable-in fact, after the Scarlet Flame Vulture appeared in Kemal Manor, the Magic Association of the Academy City has already started to search for any signs of space related to the invasion of the purgatory world: but at least in the In the empire, we didn't find any space-time rifts. Considering that the Scarlet Flame Demon Vulture flew from the south, it is likely that it crossed the plane in the territory of the demons... As for the space-time rifts over there, have they been closed in time? Blockade, we are still waiting for the diplomatic response from the Demon Race."

The imperial nobles breathed a sigh of relief:

A dead fellow Daoist is not a poor daoist, since the space-time rift was opened in the Demon Race, then everyone is happy.

A certain Shuangfengling lord also breathed a sigh of relief:

If the girls know that the space-time rift was opened by our Shuangfengling, I am afraid that I will be burned to death in the flower square today...

"All in all, I hope you can bring out the most elite magicians and warriors to go to Kemal Manor to work together to kill this purgatory monster and benefit mankind and the civilization of the mainland." Master Mephisto said solemnly, "I will also Go with your hunting teams, and observe the contributions of the various territories in the hunt—the territory that contributes the most in hunting the Scarlet Vulture will win the diamond laurel crown of this St. Augustus Festival!"

Although the situation suddenly changed, Master Mephisto's statement was fair. The imperial nobles in the square thought over and over again, and finally accepted the new competition system of the hunting competition with their noses held.

"Everyone, do you have any questions or suggestions about this hunting contest?" Master Mephisto asked gently.

"I have it!" Another noble lord raised his hand and stood up. Xia Houyan took a closer look and found that it was Earl Philip Netwand who had just ran over to say harsh words, "Everyone, since this purgatory bird is Flying over from the territory of the demons, then did the southernmost territory of our empire fail to fulfill its obligations of reconnaissance and early warning, and just let dangerous creatures into the territory of the empire?! I, Philip Netwan, strongly demand Let the relevant territories that should be responsible for this act as the vanguard of the hunting team, make up for their mistakes, and apologize to the people of the empire!"

All the gloomy gazes in the flower square were all shot towards Lord Shuangfengling in the corner.

With a smirk of a professional actor on his face, Xia Houyan began to say good morning, good afternoon and good night to the ancestors of the Netwan family in his heart.

(End of this chapter)