Path of The Dragonborn

When Heliga took the lead to get up and walked towards the stage, it was obvious that the court suddenly became much quieter. In an instant, countless people who were whispering, whispering, and contemplating stopped what they were doing and focused on Helika, who was calmly walking towards the front desk.

"..." The rest of the Tolz group also looked at Heliga with complicated eyes—just now he signaled the others to come on stage with him, but none of them, including Jusses and Lien, moved because they I felt a certain atmosphere unanimously. If I knew that I was going up at this time, even if I had made a rather horrifying demeanor.

Heliga didn't care about it, and he understood the reaction of everyone. When the short distance of more than ten sub-a-minutes was passed by Heliga with steady steps, the emperor Ukent's eyes also brought some comforting elements in it.

The short and suffocating peace was broken in time—first the continuous shutter sound of the camera in the hands of the reporters on the second-floor platform, and the occasional push and shoving, and then the crowd next to the stage. The applause of other people waking up like a dream. Except for the small group of conservatives who had suffered a little bit earlier, most of the people present did not hesitate to slap their hands vigorously to express their feelings at this moment. There is no other reason, but the golden "Imperial Medal" in Jukent's hand.

Compared with the "Golden Army Horse Medal" and the "Phoenix Medal", the highest honor a soldier can obtain, the "Imperial Medal", which symbolizes the highest honor of the empire, combines all the characteristics of the two. Located at the center of the medal is still the golden military horse symbolizing the national emblem of the empire, but this military horse has an extremely sharp single horn on its head, which is the same as the official seal used by the imperial government for foreign official documents—it is gold symbolizing higher authority. Unicorn; and the "Phoenix Medal" still retains a little reserve, the wings are still half-retracted, the head is raised high on this medal, and the wings are also spread out, as if covering the sky. The divine bird that shields the sun firmly protects the golden unicorn under its body.

The outer periphery of the medal, which is made entirely of pure gold, is a gear-shaped outer ring made of amethyst and blue obsidian. The outer wall is engraved with exquisite patterns. There is a ribbon made of exquisite blue velvet on the top of the medal. An obsidian pin is included to give the wearer a personalized choice.

The back of the medal and the extremely gorgeous front must be less conspicuous. It's just a sentence written in sterling silver on the smooth gold surface. According to legend, it is the famous saying of the first emperor of the Erebonian Empire, the "Mediator"-"Those who aspire to succeed must not hesitate."

However, as for the style of the "Imperial Medal", everyone in this room basically knows it, and everyone knows it; because that is what has been given to children in the classroom since Sunday school, at least in the Empire. Starting from the earliest known recipient of the medal, the "Holy Woman" Astraya, the "Imperial Medal" symbolizes the highest level of recognition that Ereponians can receive, and has won this honor throughout the ages. None of the characters have not made outstanding contributions to the empire, thus leaving a name in history.

The "Imperial Medal" is not awarded to members of the royal family or posthumously awarded to the deceased. Therefore, the conditions required to obtain it are more stringent than in fact. In the general impression, the last person to receive this honor is G. Shi Dr. Mitter-Fifteen years ago, the first guided locomotive produced by humans after the "Big Crash" pulled sixteen carriages, and ran 500 Seier moments smoothly on the rails without any problems. Later, the Emperor Xian happily handed over an "Imperial Medal" to Dr. Schmidt, who was almost gray-haired at that time. It is true that although there are some conservative voices who believe that it is too sloppy to do so before the large-scale promotion of the use of guided train technology to the civilian field, but Dr. Schmidt has long been known as the "three high brothers" and has The fact that he has made outstanding contributions to the development of the empire's guiding mechanics in many fields before is also seen by people, so the so-called opposition has become a murmur that is not the main theme.

But now Heilijia, is there really enough qualification to get such a honor? Many soldiers began to whisper again at this moment: Heliga's merits in the civil war, a Phoenix Medal is enough, isn't it? Now this "Imperial Medal" in the hands of the emperor is a bit arrogant, right?

Even Heliga himself was shocked to see the pattern that every imperial person could recognize at a glance: He had read about Lianna and the "Imperial Medal" when he checked the classics about "The Saint of the Gun" before. An interesting anecdote about Dreykells was the story that Emperor Delekels once wanted to break the convention and posthumously award the "Imperial Medal" to the sacrificed Lianna, but he was fiercely opposed by his officials and finally had to give up. If even Lianna’s great achievements in the Battle of the Lions were not enough to break this tradition... Heliga has a fairly clear understanding of what he did in the civil war. Among the aristocratic powers, those who are looking for fighters, and compared to the symbol of the highest honor, also value whether they have the resources and real power to implement the follow-up plan. Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it seems that it is not worth the emperor to look at it so differently.

Unless it is the emperor who intends to take advantage of this matter what article? Heliga thought so. If even the emperor's cronies like Gillias Osborne hadn't obtained such a thing... Heliga felt as if he had to consider the problem behind it. Originally, what he and Olibate thought was that the emperor might grant himself a golden horse and military emblem on the basis of the previous Phoenix Medal, but now the situation has become more complicated.

Heliga's gaze turned to Jukente's eyes. Under the little spiritual pressure he deliberately released, Jukente still had no changes in his expression or attitude, and he was still indifferent. However, Heilija seems to have vaguely captured a bit of the subconscious thoughts revealed by the emperor Ukent: there are indeed some reminders behind it; but since he chose to be in a public place with media reporters, rather than in private. To do this in a large-scale meeting, the emperor obviously did not want Heilijia to have the power to refuse.

When Heilija finally calmed down and decided to take over the heavy medal that had been held in front of him for half a minute by the emperor Yukent, the applause seemed to be less enthusiastic than before; it seemed that these onlookers even continued to do so. , The heart to give face is almost gone. After seeing Heilijia taking the medal, Emperor Jukente remained unchanged and continued to speak in his usual tone; Heilijia dealt with the matter, then stepped down and returned to his seat, ignoring and rubbing himself by the way. Greetings from Juss who passed by—but, after sitting down on the chair, Heilijia realized that there seemed to be a small piece of paper between the velvet ribbons on the medal.

Heilijia adjusted his sitting posture to make sure that no one could see his movements, and then opened the note, which read this sentence: "The "Imperial Medal" is not awarded to the royal family or posthumously to the deceased. "