I walk in the past, continue the future

Chapter 101 The Banquet Begins

The Bahram family has ten flagships representing the ten incarnations of the god of war.

Helios naturally has a similar flagship. Its name is obvious. Helios, the sun god in Greek mythology, rides a sun carriage to bring light and heat to the earth from east to west.

And the name of this ship is naturally also called the sun ship.

It was a large ship with a length of [-] meters. While the rest of the spacecraft were equipped with antimatter reactors, this spacecraft was equipped with a miniature black hole, and it had six antimatter reactors to supply six engines at the same time.

The design idea of ​​classic Maozi, Lida Feizhuan.

It was a power monster, with the most powerful Helios field in the galaxy, even in the face of indiscriminate bombardment by several fleets.

The interior is equipped with thousands of escort center fighters.

In particular, it can release super-heavy particle black hole bombs, and can create a black hole-like out of thin air, not to mention the thousands of omnidirectional hacking cannons around it, which integrates destruction, defense, and speed.

It is the palace of Helios.

It was the same boat that they drove to Cangxing at the beginning, but unfortunately, the two fists were no match for the four hands, and they didn't have time to get on it.

If the ship had the quantum teleportation technology from Star Trek, his father might not have died.

Although Fenrir was not around, this ship could also ensure the safety of Xia Lian's navigation. Generally, pirates would turn their heads and run away when they saw such a ship.

Because it is an invitation from the Empire, the starship can jump directly to the capital through the wormhole.

The capital of the empire is called the "Joan of Arc Astrolabe", which is a man-made land-type battleship in a round sky.

With an area of ​​800 million square kilometers, it is a very prosperous city.

Due to the continuous expansion of the empire, the capital sometimes has to be moved, and the mobile capital is also more secure, and will not be raided by Xia Lian like the Duchy of Bahram.

Its cost is roughly equivalent to the combined GDP of ten galaxies.

Countless merchant ships circulate in it. As the core of the empire, this small area has an economic value far exceeding that of any planet.

But the most terrifying thing is the warships docked on the planets around this galaxy. Warships with a length of [-] meters can be seen everywhere, and starships with a length of thousands of meters have become frigates.

Their muzzles, which gleamed in the sun's rays, signaled their eloquence.

The Empire has the most powerful military in the known galaxy, which is why it is an Empire.

If the Empire wanted to attack a certain Xinghai or any of the new federations, the other country would immediately ally with that country and choose to fight the Empire together.

Because they all know the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

The solar ship docked at the VIP port of the Joan of Arc astrolabe. He did not get off the spacecraft, but sat in the office at the top of the starship.

After about 10 minutes, a waiter in a tuxedo was brought in by Helios soldiers.

He bowed respectfully to Xia Lian.

"Respected Duke Helios, I am the Minister of General Affairs of the Empire, cleaning my teeth.

welcome.

We have packed your room in the palace, and tomorrow night at 07:30 is the time for the banquet to officially start.

Do you need me to take you to your room first? "

"Since the banquet will start tomorrow, then my stay here is the same as if I live in the palace." Xia Lian said.

Jie Te nodded, "I understand, I respect your opinion."

"Am I the only one who arrived first?"

"There are a few more archdukes who will stop here in about half an hour."

Xia Lian nodded, "I understand, I don't need anything else, go and do your job."

"Yes, if you have any needs, you can let us know, and we will try our best to solve it for you."

Having said that, he left here.

Xia Lian was silent, he turned his head, looked at the bustling city through the floor-to-ceiling windows projected by the virtual projection on one side, and fell into contemplation.

The great emperor who has lived for hundreds of years has passed the test of time in both means and plans, and he will be different from any enemy Xia Lian has faced.

If possible, Xia Lian will wait until he has the confidence to face the emperor.

At least the four Shadows of Death should be manifested first.

But things don't always go smoothly in this world, so Xia Lian is very calm now.

Speaking of which, he still has a buff that has not yet been fulfilled. If the queen is really the "most beautiful person in the world", it would not be a bad thing to contact him in advance.

He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

"Huck." Xia Lian called out a name.

A few minutes later, the captain of the solar ship came in.

It was a man of Middle Eastern Arab appearance, with a neatly groomed beard.

"Grand Duke."

"Send someone to investigate the number of starships in the imperial capital and whether there are any more starships rushing here these days."

"Yes."

Day and night, there seems to be no obvious change in this imperial capital. The flow of people, merchant ships, and people still come and go.

The only difference is that, with the passage of time, the 78 grand dukes of the entire empire and the nobles with more important identities have also docked at the port in their own exclusive starships.

Xia Lian also saw the Raven, which he had seen not long ago. Its hull had obvious repair marks, and it was opened before the painting was done.

Other than that, everything was peaceful.

It's just that there are a lot of welcome projection banners on the streets. For this imperial capital, the arrival of so many grand dukes at the same time is a big deal.

About five o'clock in the evening of the next day, the waiter from the palace entered the sun boat and took Xia Lian into the palace.

Xia Lian only brought Mithril and Quicksilver with him.

According to common sense, the existence of modified people, which is defined as "combat weapons", is not allowed to enter the palace.

But the banquet is allowed to bring female relatives and family members, so Xia Lian brought them in as female relatives.

Of course, if they wanted to, it was still possible, but they didn't.

It seems that the emperor really just wants to hold a banquet.

As a banquet hall of the highest standard in the empire.

The banquet hall of the imperial palace is naturally no worse than the new summer palace.

Whether it is an area comparable to a football field, or the reflective high-grade marble floor, and the super-large crystal chandelier hanging overhead, it is magnificent.

Especially the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling door, here is the highest floor of the palace, the floor-to-ceiling door of the banquet hall is a pool platform that reflects the sky, which is enough to overlook the entire Joan of Arc astrolabe.

There are already many nobles waiting inside at this moment.

People in gorgeous clothes whispered and knew each other. For them, the long distance limited them. Even the nobles of the same country were rarely able to meet.

In order to prevent multiple principalities from forming alliances privately, wormholes have always been controlled by the empire, and they are very cautious.

Strictly dressed waiters walk around with drinks, pastries and fruits and other foods are placed around, and soothing and pleasant music is played in the hall.

"Yo~ Isn't this the newly appointed Lord Helios?"

After entering the banquet hall, Xia Lian heard a sharp voice.

Xia Lian followed the voice and saw that it was a young woman in her 30s and [-]s, with a gorgeous face, heavy makeup, animal fur on her body, and high coiled hair, noble and arrogant.

Xia Lian investigated the names and appearances of all the people who came to the banquet yesterday.

The woman's name is Harkley, and she is the wife of the Grand Duke of Panacea near the Star Sea Republic, but interestingly, she is also the sister of the late Duke Bahram.

So there is no doubt that the comers are not good.

"Hello, Mrs. Harkley." Xia Lian responded with a gentle smile, "You look as beautiful as rumored."

"Oh." Hakley smiled disdainfully, "It's still considered your aesthetic pass, but I can't say such a thing to you."

"You can lie like me." Xia Lian laughed.

Harkley froze for a moment, then a sullen look on her face.

"As expected of Charien Helios."

Beside Harkley, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a military uniform put his arms around the waist of the beautiful woman and looked Xia Lian up and down.

"Being able to make a surprise attack on the Bahram Star, and being able to play with the army of the Principality of Bahram like that, really has wisdom that ordinary people don't have.

I'm sorry, my wife has always been like this, I'm used to it, please forgive me. "

"You are the Grand Duke of Panacea, right?" Xia Lian smiled, "Nice to meet you."

"Ordinary people can see it without me, but I really can't see wisdom."

A voice came from behind Xia Lian.

He turned around, and there was a group of men and women standing there, Xia Lian recognized An Lu among them, then, the rest of the men should be the other sons of Duke Bahram, and the women are their mothers or female relatives.

Due to the current transformation technology, these women in their 50s and 30s can almost maintain their youth in their [-]s and [-]s, so Xia Lian can't tell their age at all.

It was one of the women who spoke. If Xia Lian guessed correctly, it should be the mother of the third prince Bahram, Mrs. Dasha.

Her hands were crossed over her chest, disgust on her face.

"Others are just telling the truth, and he swears back mercilessly, like a vengeful dog, without the slightest etiquette of aristocrats.

No wonder he would do such a maddening thing. "

Xia Lian still had a smile on her face, "Thank you for your compliment, you are also very humane."

It took a while for Dasha to react. She looked at Xia Lian, her face turned blue and white with anger, but when she was about to attack.

An Lu spoke on the side.

"Mrs. Dasha, this is the banquet of the kings. It is in the palace, not the banquet hall of the Duchy of Bahram. Please pay attention to the occasion."

Dasha came back to her senses and found that basically everyone present was watching here.

For these grand dukes, they knew who the protagonist of this banquet was.

As soon as they entered the door, they became the focus of everyone's attention.

Dasha stopped talking, but followed her own son into the crowd, and started talking with the other princes, as if what just happened had never happened.

This is a rare opportunity to increase political capital, how could they miss it.

"It's all human." Xia Lian whispered softly.

He looked at the end of the banquet hall, the throne that was large enough to overlook the entire hall.

"However, this is just the beginning..."

After about a few minutes, a waiter came out of the corridor on one side and shouted to everyone present.

"The Great Emperor is here!!"

As his words fell, the originally noisy hall was instantly quiet.

Everyone looked intently at the end of the corridor, and then, surrounded by waiters, two figures slowly appeared in front of people.
(End of this chapter)