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  Chapter 23 Unexpected Joy

According to the elf scouts, shortly after he left the City of Silver, that man revealed his true colors, took over the control of the city, and even issued the emperor's order - everyone was naturally dumbfounded by this Forced, as we all know that the previous emperor died suddenly on the way, so where did the new emperor come from?

The helpless thing is that the skills are not as good as people, and after the Ratman attack, the City of Silver was already short of troops. In addition, the lord was dead, and the rest were orphans and widows. Circumstances are stronger than people, and they all end up in jail in the end.

   "I originally planned to find a way to notify you, and then make a plan, but I didn't expect your action to be faster than I expected."

  The elf scout looked at the corpse at Duanmuhuai's feet, speechless.

   "Any chaotic running dog, there is only one dead end."

  Duanmuhuai gave the answer indifferently, while the elf scout shook his head.

   "Forget it, this is not a place to talk, let's find another place to talk."

   Soon, a group of people left the hall and found a hidden place, and then Duanmuhuai also learned the latest situation from the elf scout.

   Simply put, the current empire is a mess.

  First of all, the emperor of the empire died suddenly during the expedition, and before his body was transported back to the royal city, the eldest prince couldn't wait to jump out and say that he was the new emperor of the empire, demanding that his other brothers and sisters obey him. Although the empire is the system of primogeniture, but... everyone understands, how can this kind of thing be taken seriously?

  Of course, it is not so easy for the eldest prince to become the emperor, because according to the tradition of the empire, only the heirs of the royal family who have collected the four holy relics will become the new emperor of the empire.

  These four sacred objects are - the hammer of the **** of fire, the gift of the **** of water, the scepter of the **** of wind and the wrath of the **** of earth.

Among them, the function of the gift of the water **** is to purify and obtain water sources, the hammer of the **** of fire can be used to create indestructible weapons and armor, the scepter of the **** of wind can manipulate the weather changes in an area, and the anger of the **** of earth can be used to change the appearance of the terrain .

  According to the tradition of the royal family, only those who obtain the four sacred objects at the same time will become the next emperor. And after that, when he gives birth to another heir, he will hand over these sacred objects to his heirs respectively, and start the next round of competition.

   Right now, the eldest prince wants his brothers and sisters to hand over the other three holy objects.

  The eldest prince himself has the hammer of the **** of fire, the second prince holds the scepter of the **** of wind, and the third prince holds the wrath of the **** of earth. Only the gift from the water **** has no holder, and it was secretly arranged in the City of Silver—well, in fact, Duanmu Huai has almost guessed who the holder is.

   As for the eldest prince's request, the remaining two naturally refused. Needless to say, the civil war in the empire began. The first prince held Vulcan's hammer, which brought him great benefits. His soldiers wore extremely strong armor and held powerful weapons in their hands, and they defeated the armies of the other two.

   But that's not the case.

  The expeditionary army that was defeated because of the death of the emperor also got the news that the eldest prince had proclaimed himself king, and suddenly became furious. A group of them expressed that they would rush into the royal city and hang this rebellious son who wanted to usurp power before his father's bones were cold. But there is still a group of people who say that a country cannot be without a king for a day. As the eldest son, the eldest prince inherits the right and right, not to mention that the expedition has failed and the empire is being watched by foreigners. At this time, everyone should work together to help the eldest prince rise to power! It's all for the Empire!

  However, the other party obviously disagrees with this argument. For them, their allegiance is to the emperor, not the empire. After the emperor died, someone tried to usurp the throne. This matter cannot be left alone!

  So...the expeditionary force split into two factions, and then they fought.

   But it's not over yet.

  Accompanied by the melee of the Three Emperors (the three princes all claimed to be the emperor), the originally unstable environment within the empire became more and more precarious. Now that I heard that the empire was divided due to civil strife, I naturally rushed here while you were dying of illness.

  In addition to this, there are other real power lords in the empire who have never given up. They don’t know where to come out of the corner, and openly claim that the territory of the empire is his country and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the empire...

   All in all, the empire is now a group of demons dancing wildly, and the wind and rain are precarious. The eldest prince's throne was not secure, so he had to send his loyal subordinates to lead the army to other territories to "recover" these territories as much as possible.

   The City of Silver was also targeted because of this unlucky thing, not to mention that it was also attacked by followers of evil gods, and the lord died-for the First Prince, this is simply the most perfect land without owner.

   It turned out that the subordinate he sent to take over was beaten to death by Duanmuhuai with a hammer.

   "If you want me to say, you can pack up your things now, and then hide in a remote mountain forest where there is no one. It won't be too late to come out after they finish beating the pig's brain out of the dog's brain."

  After listening to the analysis of the current situation by the elf scouts, Duanmuhuai decisively gave his own suggestion. In his view, the City of Silver is basically finished, the leaders have almost run away, and the defenders have also suffered heavy casualties under the joint attack of the previous corrupt believers and the Ratman. Although Alisa is very likely and very likely to be The emperor's fourth son, but that's it.

  With her character, she is not expected to be a queen.

  So... the most important thing is to run away and save your life.

  The world is so big, where can I go? Even if the empire is in chaos, the empire is not the only country on this planet. First remove the elves, dwarves and other places, and there are some other countries, right?

   Everyone is very helpless about Duanmuhuai's suggestion, but they have to admit that this is the only way at present. The City of Silver itself is desolate, barren, and extremely remote. To be honest, staying here and continuing to carry on is not a good choice.

If it were a web novel, at this time Duanmuhuai should stay and dominate the city, establish himself as the king, and then use his own power to absorb refugees from all sides, and then sweep the empire of the world... Duanmuhuai expressed his opinion about this Forget it, I am a judge, eliminating chaos and finding holy objects is the first priority, playing farming games here is putting the cart before the horse.

   Besides, even if you want to play, you need to find a place with a higher level of civilization, which is better than the Middle Ages.

  Although a decision was made, Duanmuhuai had a disagreement with the elf scouts on another matter.

   That is about whether to take away the "gift of the water god".

  Duanmuhuai thinks that holding this thing is useless, and it will bring death to other people. It's better to stay here and let the other princes fight for it. But the elf scout said that this is a royal sacred object and cannot be taken away by those greedy people, so she thinks that she should leave the empire with the gift of the water god, and then find a secret corner to seal it completely...

Of course, Duanmuhuai didn’t think it was a good idea. Don’t you see how many Western Fantasy RPGs start with the protagonist living in a peaceful village, but one day the army overwhelms the country and destroys the village. At this time, the protagonist finds out that there is something wrong in his village? There is also a big secret hidden... Isn't this nonsense?

   It can be seen that there are no secrets that can be kept forever.

   Especially this kind of royal symbol, basically everyone wants it, and it is too difficult to expect them not to track it down.

  The two argued for a long time, and finally both sides took a step back—Alyssa could leave with this sacred object, but before leaving the country, she had to hand over this hot potato to avoid being killed.

   After all, the main function of the gift of the water **** is to purify the water source, to purify any liquid into pure water... This thing is indeed of little significance to ordinary people.

  Finally, the escape plan was done like this, and the only thing to do next was to lift the seal and take away the gift of the water god.

  So, in the evening of that day, Duanmuhuai and the group came to the temple again.

There is still a disgusting stench in the temple. Although the corpses of the ratmen and corrupt believers have been burned completely, the dark red blood splashed on the wall, some yellow and green, and some don't know what they are. What color things are mixed together, it still makes people want to vomit.

  The elf scouts came to the statue, recited the spell again, and opened the seal. Then, the huge pearl appeared in front of everyone again.

  Looking at the pearl in front of her eyes, Alyssa hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and slowly stretched out her hand. Unsurprisingly, when she came into contact with the holy object, she was not bounced away like the elf scouts. On the contrary, the moment Alisa grabbed the pearl, a flash of light flashed across the huge pearl, and then The originally dull surface began to emit a slight fluorescence.

   And at the same time...

  【Didu——! 】

  【Sacred object signal detected, sacred object coordinates locked】

"………Aha?"

  Looking at the system prompt that popped up in front of him, Duanmuhuai was taken aback for a moment. He looked at the system information, and then at the pearl in Alisa's hand...

   Is that okay too?

  For Duanmuhuai, this was indeed an accident. You must know that he had scanned this pearl before, but the system had no response at that time. But now that Alisa got it, her own system actually responded? Could it be that it was because of the seal that blocked the fluctuations of the entire holy object, so I couldn't feel it before, but Alisa could feel it because she lifted the seal?

   Is there such a thing?

   "...Master Knight? What's wrong?"

   Seeing Duanmuhuai staring at her without saying a word, Alisa was a little surprised, but Duanmuhuai remained silent for a moment, then looked at Alisa.

   "Alyssa, how about we make a deal? Give me this, and I will protect you from the empire."

"Why?"

  Hearing this, Alisa and her mother were taken aback, while the elf scout frowned.

"what do you mean?!"

   "Exactly what I said."

   Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the elf scout.

   "I came here looking for certain things, and this is one of them."

   "But you didn't say it before."

  The elf scout still remembered that Duanmu Huai checked the water god's gift with him, but he didn't say anything at that time.

   "At that time, I didn't know that this was what I was looking for. I didn't feel its breath until Alisa took it and lifted the seal..."

While talking, Duanmuhuai looked at Alisa again, but to his surprise, this time Alisa stretched out her hand and handed the pearl to Duanmuhuai before he could say anything. .

   "Please accept it, Lord Knight."

   "Oh? Is this really okay?"

"certainly."

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's question, Alisa smiled embarrassedly.

   "The knight has saved me so many times, and... this thing is useless to me. Since the knight came here for it, please accept it."

"Thanks."

  Looking at Alisa, Duanmuhuai also nodded, and then reached out to take the "gift from the water god".

   "I promise, I will send you out safely."

  (end of this chapter)