Some people are born with obtuse angles

"Are you going to the holy city?"

King Riemann still had a smile on his face, but the raised arc was no longer as natural as before.

In the past, when family members volunteered to recommend themselves, he warmly welcomed them.

But for a talent like Li Tianxiu, it is really reluctant to let him go to the king of the holy city.

After all, the whole country is not chaotic, but it does not mean that there are no foreign enemies.

Now that the Gareth family is gone, the army needs to be split up and sent to the frontier. Putting her in the army will be of great benefit to the empire.

"Going to the holy city is the dream of every Oman people, and I also want to spy on the legendary realm." Li Tianxiu replied seriously.

As if ignorant of the inside story of the baptism.

"Okay, courage is commendable!"

The king thought secretly for two seconds, and praised happily: "Well, I will approve you in advance, let you be the chosen one, and go to the holy city in two days!"

"Ok?"

Li Tianxiu was a little surprised, but bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

From an objective analysis, the king should keep him for a while, so as to create an opportunity for a separate dialogue.

Could it be that the king is still prejudiced against his own identity?
This doubt was resolved after Li Tianxiu returned to the backstage.

He was summoned by the king.

……

After announcing the disposition of the Gasley family and the use of the money obtained from the confiscation of the house, the conferring ceremony finally came to an end.

Li Tianxiu left early and came to the king's meeting room alone.

There is a long table in the center of the meeting room, and the map of Oman Continent is being spread on it.

A maid in her early teens was busy inside. When she saw someone coming, she skillfully served pastries and drinks.

"Thank you."

He thanked the maid habitually, and the latter retreated flattered.

Li Tianxiu touched the collection here, turned around and grabbed a piece of pastry, and looked at the map on the table.

The map of the Oman Empire is in the shape of a boot, separated from the inside by colored pencil lines of three colors, divided into yellow, red, and black according to the level of threat.

A white line extended from the capital to the place called the Holy City.

Other than that, no other country exists.

And the foreign enemies mentioned before are not humans, but a group of monsters similar to the White Walkers.

The land there is cursed, and dead creatures mutate and attack everything living they encounter.

Therefore, the empire needs to send people to station on the frontier for a long time, and regularly clean up the nearby wilderness.

"Quiet tree."

Soon after, the king's voice sounded at the door.

Turning his head, he had already taken off that flamboyant cloak, and greeted him with a smile.

"This old pervert doesn't want to sneak into me, does he?"

Such a friendly smile gave Li Tianxiu a strange idea.

"Don't be so cautious."

The king walked directly opposite Li Tianxiu, looked down at the map on the table, and looked at him again: "You should also know something about the situation in the empire."

"Do not."

Li Tianxiu shook his head and said: "I only focus on practicing swordsmanship with my teacher on weekdays, and I don't know much about these."

"Hehehe, no wonder, otherwise I wouldn't be able to practice such a good swordsmanship."

The king was not angry, but sat down and asked, "What do you think of Shaar's accusation?"

"The accusation?"

Li Tianxiu pretended to be stupid.

In fact, the king, like Elden, needs to carry his own power to move forward and do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

So they are not believable.

"That is, the baptism of the holy city, what do you think?" the king asked.

"Oh……"

Li Tianxiu pretended to say, "I believe Xia, the journey to the holy city is long and difficult, and many people will die.

But... under my teacher's teaching, my performance has not been satisfactory to him.

So I have no problem with his decision.

I want to go to the holy city!

Only by passing the test of the secret church can I be recognized by the teacher! "

Lin Jingshu's talent is very high, so high that he can replace Reinhardt's heir to go to the Holy City.

So her adopted daughter was probably raised as a victim since she was a child.

In order to avoid unnecessary feelings, Reinhardt will not have real feelings for her.

But even so, Lin Jingshu was still neither arrogant nor impetuous in practicing swords, and had great respect for his teacher.

Compared with this aspect, Li Tianxiu's remarks made the king feel a little sympathetic.

"poor child……"

The king shook his head, drew the red dividing line on the table with his finger, and slowly extended it by three centimeters, drawing a circle slowly: "Do you know? Ten years ago, this map was not like this, we The border should be here."

"here?"

Li Tianxiu frowned.

Three centimeters is not too long, but the entire map is only 1.6 meters long, and the length of the Oman Empire is about [-] centimeters.

Converted according to the scale, the size of the empire should not be reduced too much.

"The Badlands are spreading, and if no cure is found, our empire will one day perish."

The king's expression suddenly became melancholy, and the wrinkles around the corners of his brows squeezed together ugly, and he said, "So Shaar is right, the baptism in the Holy City is a scam.

Except for a few who can come back as secret envoys, I don't even know what will happen to the other people who went to the holy city.

All the supreme laws and the mysteries of eternal life are false. "

"Since it's fake, why still..." Li Tianxiu frowned.

"That's the price of keeping the peace."

The king sighed and said, "You know what?
To get to the holy city, you need to pass through [-] kilometers of wasteland. If a large army passes through, it may be damaged by more than half.

But on the way to the holy city, those dead will not attack the baptized troops. "

"Is the bad land caused by secret religion?" Li Tianxiu frowned.

All plots to convert to the church, this kind of thing is going to be too old-fashioned.

"That's not true. The appearance of Badlands preceded secret religion. But only after baptism will it not cause a wave of beasts.

I say that, you should be able to understand, right? ’ explained the king.

"I see."

Li Tianxiu nodded.

The continental plate is so big, and the bad soil occupies [-]% of the area, and there may not be tens of millions of active bad soil beasts.

What's more terrible is that the corpses of these evil beasts will pollute the clean land. Even if the people of the Oman Empire can take it over, their descendants will not be able to withstand it.

Just like those countries that have died.

As a king, Riemann must be responsible for his own people.

"Eldon thought it had something to do with secret religion, so he proposed to capture the holy city and find out the secret to control the evil land, but I didn't agree.

did not expect……"

Upon receiving this, the king breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very sad about it.

"That is to say, every family knows about this?" Li Tianxiu raised his eyebrows.

He originally thought that Elden's rebellion was an expression of anger after discovering the truth.

But if the king had told them the matter from the beginning, it would have been a different matter.

It is no wonder that most of the nobles present are descendants of powerless descendants.

They are just sacrifices destined to be sacrificed.