Giant of Light: I am the Old Ones

Chapter 471 Black Emperor (Fake) and Dark Armor (Fragments) [4000 words]

Amanda tugged at the tie on her chest. He felt like a waiter rather than a guest attending the most prestigious banquet in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Especially the most important one among all the guests today.

"Lord Anduin, His Majesty the Emperor will personally award you with honors later, so remember not to be nervous. Your Majesty is also from the military and does not like timid people. If it were not for his age, His Majesty might even go into battle in person to fight with you. Competing for the place of artificial giants."

"Understood. Also, can you tell me at what stage of the banquet we can start dining?" Amanda asked casually. This was the question he was most concerned about today.

He only ate two pieces of bread at noon, just waiting to fill his stomach for the evening.

The palace attendants who were helping Amanda arrange her clothes froze, and several maids not far away holding various dresses couldn't help but chuckle.

The eyes of some eunuchs flashed with a trace of disdain. Zhen Zhen was worthy of being a low-class pariah. On such an occasion, he only remembered to eat.

However, after all, the person in front of him was a talent who was about to be awarded a medal by His Majesty, so these royal attendants still hid their disdain very well.

"This pocket watch?"

"Take it with you."

Even if this poor girl dies, her photo should not be manipulated like a tool.

"By the way, after which stage can I eat?"

"You can do it after the awarding ceremony, my lord. However, at that time, ladies and ladies from various powerful families may come to invite you to dance together. You can't accept the appointment while chewing something in your mouth. Alright, please follow the guards Let’s go to the auditorium under our guidance.”

The attendant who had arranged Amanda's clothes bowed slightly politely and stretched out his hand to guide Amanda.

Amanda quickly arrived at the waiting area, where Paris and his entourage sat in the front row.

Until now, Paris still had work to deal with. Not only those small countries, but secretly, the public security problems caused by the spread of polluters in the Austro-Hungarian Empire were also gradually increasing, and they needed to be solved with thunderous means.

Paris guessed that he had passed the breath with Ptolemy, and there was no change when he saw Amanda, as if he regarded him as Anduin.

In the second row is the operator of Giant No. 30, Andy Brooke.His stone statue was restored not long ago. He is a man close to [-] years old. Apart from his strong body, there is nothing noteworthy about him.

In the third row are two old people wearing black clothes. The man is holding a black and white photo in his hand, while the woman is leaning on the man's shoulder and wiping her tears with a handkerchief.They are Randy's parents, and out of caution, Randy was "confirmed" to have died after being seriously injured in the First World War in Budapest.

The fact that the artificial giant's human body can be contaminated and cause the artificial giant to mutate must not be made public.

He was in the fourth row. He had no friends or family, but his former instructor ran over happily.

As for the fifth row behind him, although he was alone, he had an aura that made people unwilling to look directly at him, which was very dangerous.

No. [-], Daida Gabriel of the Gabriel family, one of the four pillar families of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, this kind of aura can only affect ordinary people. At least Amanda watched No. [-] being commanded by the powerful people at will in the base without any free will. She still felt that this guy was quite pitiful.

After a while, the gentle tunes in the concert hall became passionate and epic, which meant that His Majesty's car had arrived.

The contemporary emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Andur Quin III, is known as the black emperor with the most iron-fisted rule in the world.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was able to intercept Ptolemy's artificial giant plan, wrest Ptolemy's cooperation from other major powers, and advance the research on artificial giants without hesitation, precisely because of the decisiveness of His Majesty the Emperor.

The moment the emperor's car arrived, Omega's danger warning reached a warning level.

This means that something dangerous has arrived here with His Majesty the Emperor.

"It doesn't look like pure darkness, but has a royal domineering look. It should be some kind of jewelry with weird properties inherited by the Quinn royal family, which helps their family maintain their rule. Damn it, I have to get close enough to confirm it. What the hell is that thing? Amanda, that thing is dangerous and it's still sleeping. It's best to destroy it if you have the chance."

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm just about to infiltrate the upper echelons of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and you ask me to destroy something of the emperor, especially something similar to the Emperor of the East's Dragon Vein and Dragon Qi. Isn't this a face-turning taunt?"

When the two of them were about to study what this thing could be, the whole place suddenly fell silent.

An old man wearing a black military uniform and the emperor's ribbon slowly walked in, followed by several fully armed guards.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

There was an overwhelming voice in the audience, and even Amanda had to stand up and shout weakly twice.

After all, he really didn't have enough for lunch.

"Huh? Omega, the object you are talking about is the armor on the emperor's gloves, right?"

Amanda quickly noticed something strange. His Majesty the Emperor only wore a glove on his right hand. The direction of the fingertips was normal leather, and the back of the hand was an irregular piece of armor inlaid on it, like They were fragments of something, no, it would be more appropriate to say they were powder.

Judging from the pattern above, the original body of the armor piece is a huge unknown metal structure, and it was completely shattered, and most of the main structure has been annihilated at the material level.

The remaining remnants, for some reason, ended up in the hands of the Quinn family.

"It feels more and more familiar, Amanda. When the ceremony is held, he should be holding the sword with that hand. Then we will know what that thing is."

Omega's words were so conclusive that he even became a little excited, looking forward to confirming the true origin of the armor plate.

As for His Majesty the Emperor himself, neither Amanda nor Omega cared.

Not long after, the award ceremony began.

His Majesty the Emperor took the lead in mourning the "sacrifice" of Randy. Although many of the dignitaries present knew the truth, most of the people who watched the ceremony and the media or video records that broadcast the record thought that Randy's deeds were real.

No matter who the new operator of Giant Three is, the name of Giant Three will always be Randy.

Then came the boring awarding session. Paris seemed to be used to it, but Andy No. [-] became excited and looked at His Majesty the Emperor with admiration. He was even patted on the shoulder happily by the Emperor, and they talked about the daily training in his early years as a soldier. .

Once again, a large circle of media rushed to record this scene.

And then there's Amanda.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has prepared a corresponding "speech" for each honoree, praising Amanda's youth and potential, praising his experience as a firefighter and his loyalty in serving the country, and finally he did not forget to say: The young man's little joke encouraged the noble ladies present to think more about the inheritance of the empire's future talents.

Amanda got close to the arm wearing the glove as she wished. Omega collected enough information and entered the analysis state. The results will be available soon.

As for No. [-], he was too lazy to care. As soon as Amanda left the scope of the award ceremony, she ran straight to the banquet area and found a corner to eat.

"Ooooooo, can you let me have a taste too?"

Little Amanda tugged on Dagon's chain skirt, like a little kid coquettish with her mother just to eat a lollipop.

"Without Triga, if you and Amanda directly fuse, Amanda R'lye will completely appear in the real world and replace Amanda's soul. If you and I fuse, we will be in giant form in reality. If You fuse with Omega, forget it, he’s too busy now.”

Dagon explained various possibilities without any emotional intelligence, and didn't care at all about little Amanda's bad face.

In reality, even Andy, the second giant who is almost 30 years old, has received many invitations to dances and banquets. Those aristocratic ladies are looking around, looking for Amanda.

He didn't even notice the person who was leaning on the table, picking up the plate and stuffing it into his mouth.

"Confirmed, they are fragments of the Dark Armor. The ultimate weapon made by the Emperor of Ampera was completely shattered for some reason. One of the fragments was lost to this world and became an heirloom of the Quinn family. The four pillar families are: Quinn, Gabriel, the destroyed Enkidu, and Durandal. The four pillar families are all qualified to be the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, in the 50 years since Quinn I, there have been three consecutive emperors They are all members of the Quinn family. After the academy revised the timeline 50 years ago, it was also at that time that the Quinn family members obtained the fragments of the Dark Armor."

As Amanda listened to Omega's story, the movements of her hands and mouth had to stop.

"What, what are you talking about? Ampera's Dark Armor? Isn't that thing from the Showa world? The emperor himself has no record of fighting wearing that armor. When Beria wore that armor, he could compete with Ultimate Zero. To counter it, that is to say, that thing is at least on the same level as Balaji’s Shield.”

"The strong can freely control the armor, but the weak will become the armor's possession and be absorbed. Even Senior Seven and Hikari have the experience of being absorbed and controlled by the dark armor. I don't think a mortal can resist the dark armor Perhaps, since King Quinn I got that piece 50 years ago, the Quinn family has been cursed by the dark armor and become its puppets."

Omega's words are a bit pessimistic, which is not a good thing.he asked:

"Amanda, tell me, it's probably because of this thing that we got here by accident. If the Quinn family still retains more fragments of the dark armor and they are used to fight monster disasters, then The scene must not be very pretty.”

Amanda took a deep breath, took a glass of juice, drank it all, and murmured:
"I can't say for sure. In short, let's find a way to destroy that thing first, and then get the written records of all the origin stones in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. We will go to Penglai to meet Professor Abtis."

"Found it, Lord Anduin is here!"

The voice of Yingying Yanyan came from not far away. Amanda frowned and held her stomach. She had eaten too much just now and poured a lot of iced drinks into her stomach.Although his physical condition would not cause any big reaction, if he obeyed the discomfort in his body and turned pale and broke into a cold sweat, it could still be done.

Amid everyone's confused looks, Amanda ran towards the back hall, clutching her stomach.

"Besides, he is really a pariah in the countryside. When it comes to His Majesty's banquet, he only remembers eating and drinking."

"Hey, keep your voice down. Today is different from the past. That guy will be a noble person in the future."

"According to me, is that poor place in Budapest worthy of becoming the capital of the empire together with our Vienna? Well, fortunately, the next few giants will all be selected from within our families, and these losers will not be given a chance again. We chose them before , just to ensure that the technology can be implemented stably."

The ladies and ladies exchanged their opinions in a low voice that could only be heard by each other.In the eyes of others, it looked like these ladies were interested in Anduin and were discussing it.

In the bathroom stall in the back hall, Amanda entered a state of consciousness. In the bronze pyramid, Omega had displayed the entire structure of the Vienna Golden Hall in the form of a three-dimensional projection.

This projection is extremely subtle, restoring all the roads and rooms in the hall to a certain proportion, and even updating the emperor's position in real time.

It would be better if we ignore the little Amanda who is jumping around in the projection.

"According to the banquet arrangements I remember, you will go to the concert hall to enjoy the musical in an hour. At that time, you will be sitting behind Quinn III. After the performance, you will go to the stage to take a photo together. If you can shake hands again, I'll send Dagon over and destroy the piece. But Quin III himself will faint from Dagon's possession, possibly causing some chaos within the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

Omega has already planned what to do next. He and Amanda are both action men and will never delay the current trouble until tomorrow, or let this trouble turn into a bigger disaster.

Who knows if because they met with the emperor today, the emperor would go berserk and turn into a puppet in dark armor tonight when he returned to the palace and lay on his bed to destroy the world.

"However, this emperor is old after all. He is already sweating just because he insists on socializing at the banquet. He may not be able to hold on to the concert later. Dagon, when you are possessed later, please be gentle. "

Omega observed the emperor's physical condition. The next moment, the emperor himself began to cough violently. The guards hurriedly pulled up the long cloth they carried to cover themselves. The terrifying and ferocious coughing sound echoed in the hall, and all the courtiers were nervous. He lowered his head to avoid it, not daring to look at the past.

It seems that this is not the first time something like this has happened.

"It seems that the Dark Armor has corroded the souls of the Quinn family for a long time. I can feel that all the organs in my body are normal, but I am coughing so badly. Amanda, we have to take action as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)