Can you become stronger without paying money?

After the tribute is paid, the empire will invite visitors to participate in the military review. To put it bluntly, it is to show its strength as the boss to the various dependent countries. The multi-party discussions and talks, this whole set will take more than half a month to complete...

It can be said that this is almost the most important day for human power, and it is a concentrated meeting of the leaders in power in all aspects of human beings. Many important resolutions will be proposed and discussed at this time, and most of them will directly affect the future of the entire human race.

In most cases, issues that can be resolved at the negotiating table can be resolved here, and if problems that cannot be resolved here, they can basically be settled with a knife.

It's not that time yet, but it's already time for the preliminary preparations. For example, the transfer of tributes has already begun... When it comes time to actually pay tributes, what is offered is only the gift list, and the things have already been delivered one after another. No one will bring a large amount of cash and various treasures to the door when the day comes. If something goes wrong and the amount is wrong on the spot, it will be Chi Guoguo's slap in the face of the empire. Look at it, no one dares to make jokes in this kind of place...

Those airships that were transferred, of course, sent these tributes...

Of course, there are not many places to actually deliver the tributes, but there are many valuable treasures besides the real gold and silver. Experts are responsible for escorting, and in order to prevent some daring international criminals with high skills from thinking about it, they perform a good show such as "outsmarting the birthday card" on the spot. The airship, one is a treasure with tribute, and the other two are tricks to confuse people...

After playing like this, the number of airships will of course be tight, and this is the situation.

Moreover, another reason for reducing the frequency of airships is to free up transportation routes so as to provide guarantees for the delivery of tributes. Simply put, it means the same as the current traffic restrictions when some big cities come to leaders for meetings.

Although this will cause a lot of inconvenience, it is not a very harmonious era here, and the Dark Truth Society will go directly to the capital to make news, so people can't help being nervous.

Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Riel in theory. Although it is a major event that affects the human forces in the whole continent, it has nothing to do with adventurers who have no political inclinations. After all, they cannot be troubled by them .

The flight of the airship is in the afternoon, and the three of them happened to eat several meals of rough food outside. At this moment, they took advantage of the time before departure to eat a good meal to fill their stomachs, although this is just a place that relies on the airship. The airship port city established by the docking station is about the same size as Karot City, and there is nothing particularly delicious to taste.

While sitting in the restaurant, Riel was holding a glass of iced cocoa. He was elated and explained to Fei, who had never been to the capital and was very curious, what he had seen and heard in the capital. He has been to the capital, but he still speaks vividly, making Fei stunned.

After all, Fei was born in the Grand Duchy of Sofia, and naturally has an inexplicable yearning for the capital. People who grew up in the darkest corners of society like the old city are naturally very interested in what the so-called "at the feet of the emperor" looks like.

Sapphire smiled and listened to Riel's bragging. The three of them plus a doll were in unexpected harmony. If it weren't for the adventurer's attire and the wrong age, it would be a sight for a family of three to go out. feel.

"Guest, the set meal you ordered~"

During the chat, a very mediocre-looking waitress came to Riel's table with a plate, interrupting Riel's chattering, and when she put down the plate in her hand and was about to turn around and leave , Riel suddenly looked at her and said something for no reason.

"Well, this lady...have I seen you somewhere?"

The waitress who was about to leave was stunned for a moment, and then she showed a standard commercial smile, "Sorry, guest, I already have a boyfriend, although you are indeed more handsome than him, but I still prefer to be more mature type of

At the same time, Sapphire on the side also jokingly said, "Puff, you actually used such an ancient way of striking up a conversation, Riel... you are unexpectedly clumsy in this respect~"

Riel also burst out laughing, "Hahaha, I'm just joking, um, I'm just joking..."

After this little episode, the waitress smiled and nodded to leave. Riel glanced out of the corner of his eye, calmly picked up the iced cocoa in his hand, continued to talk and turned his attention back to the table, "By the way, we just Where did it go?"

The waitress who served food earlier walked into the staff area behind the restaurant, and turned a corner into the lounge where no one was around.

"Ah, did you find me?" The waitress who was alone in the lounge muttered to herself, and then she reached out and took out a card from her pocket, and lit up one of the names...

"...Baruba? How is your plan going now?"

Chapter 46 Too lazy to think about the title intermission V1.0 ([-])

On the other side of the card, a familiar old voice sounded slowly.

"Almost everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared, the question now is... when will the key be in place."

"Don't worry..." Belfigero yawned lightly while holding the card, "...There will be no accidents this time, the key will definitely be delivered when the plan begins."

"So, this old man is waiting for your good news, but, why do you have to pretend to be a waiter every time, is there any special reason?"

"Ah, if you want to talk about the reason, this is probably one of my few personal hobbies?"

"Really? Then it's up to you, but be careful yourself. The Dark Truth Society is there. You can contact yourself later. Get rid of the 'Ghost Twins' and the 'Golden Lord' has said that if you want to keep them Some are useful, and it doesn’t matter if the rest are all consumed, how to use it, you can figure it out yourself.”

"Understood, then..."

At the end of the communication cut off, both sides spoke in unison...

"I wish... Wu luck is prosperous!"

In the afternoon of the same day, the three of Riel checked their tickets and boarded the airship. Sapphire was used to the airship. She came from Borea Kingdom to take the airship. I have been in an airship, but I have been on a plane Riel more than once, and in theory it doesn't make much difference.

However, it was the first time for Fei, so she was very excited. This time, the three of them took the old model of the Principality's airship. Most of this type of airship were remodeled from old warships, so The shape of the warship is retained, but the painting has been changed, and [-]% of the ship's armaments have been dismantled by the way. In terms of shape, this airship named "Liuxuanhua" is still very heroic.

The guest seats inside the airship are in groups of two. Fei and Sapphire sit in a row. Riel sits behind the two, but there is an empty seat next to them. Because the tickets have been sold out, there must be someone in this seat. Yes, it's just that people haven't come yet.

Just before the airship was about to depart, during the final ticket checking time, a tall man arrived late. After checking the tickets, the man counted the seats, and walked up to the empty seat next to Riel.

When the man passed by Safieli's seat, Safieli, who was chatting with the over-excited Fei, suddenly froze. She looked at the tall man passing by her with some doubts, and at this moment, this man was generous. Fang sat in the empty seat next to Riel.

Immediately, Safili couldn't help but carefully looked at this man...

He is covered in a royal blue coat, with a brown bow tie on his chest, and his blue hair is well-groomed, but his facial features are relatively mediocre. Overall, he is a very mature-looking uncle.

Sapphire quickly retrieved information in her head, and the moment she passed by, the breath she released unconsciously made Sapphire feel obvious pressure. Those who can do this kind of thing are not like passers-by. , but when a possible option turned up in her mind, Sapphire was completely stunned.

(Uh, it can't be him, how could he appear here, and take this kind of ordinary civilian airship carelessly?)

Regardless of what Sapphire was thinking, when the uncle sat down, a voice sounded from the side...

"Hey, big brother, you came so late, did you have something to delay?"

Ruier immediately took advantage of his familiarity, and greeted the uncle who was quite familiar, and the uncle raised the corners of his mouth slightly, pulled out a well-trained smile, and answered with a magnetic voice.

"Yes, there was a slight delay."

"Really? That's really thrilling. You will miss the boat in a few minutes. If you miss this trip, you will have to wait for an extra week~"

Safieli, who was sitting in the front row, interrupted the topic calmly. After hearing this, the uncle glanced at Safieli and asked with a smile, "Are you two companions?"

"Well, my traveling companion, I plan to travel to the capital to increase my knowledge~"

Riel didn't hesitate to say it was a nonsense, but the uncle responded with a smile, "Hehe, that's really a good idea, the capital is indeed a good place that people like, of course, as long as you don't do anything to make people like you What not to do, I believe there must be a very pleasant experience."

There seemed to be something in the uncle's words, Ruier didn't care, and after a few casual chats with the uncle, they each began to close their eyes and rest their minds.

It will take at least half a day to fly to the capital from here, and I will definitely not be able to reach it today, at least until noon tomorrow. Therefore, the group did not talk too much, and closed their eyes to rest their minds to pass the time, Fei After the initial excitement, it's also quiet now.

Time moved forward so fast, after dinner on the airship, it was completely dark, most of the passengers had already fallen asleep in their seats, only Riel was still awake, he was waiting for the plot to come.

The uncle beside Riel had already closed his eyes, judging by the sound of his even breathing, he seemed to be sleeping quite peacefully.

Suddenly, there was a piercing sound in the quiet airship where you could hear the sound of falling needles. It was like rubbing your fingernails against a blackboard, making your teeth sore!

Suddenly, everyone who was sleeping soundly woke up.

"Hey, what's going on here?"

Those who woke up immediately began to look for the source of the sound. Of course, they soon discovered that the sound was coming from the shipboard radio, and the only place where the full-flying airship can control the shipboard radio is the control room of the airship. Suddenly, the airship became chaotic.

"What do you want to do when you suddenly make this noise in the middle of the night? Where's the flight attendant? Please come out and give us an explanation!"

However, when a group of people were making noise, a voice suddenly sounded on the shipboard radio.

"Hey, Mike's volume... OK~ everyone, I wonder if everyone is satisfied with the little surprise just now?"

The voice was sharp and piercing, and he deliberately used a cadenced tone, which seemed extremely ridiculous, but what he said definitely couldn't make people laugh, especially the content that followed.

"Hahaha, if you are not satisfied, then I have prepared a 'big surprise' for you. Well, let me introduce myself first. My name is Chuck...the president of the Black Truth Society, From now on, this "Liuxuanhua" airship will be kept by our Dark Truth Society, that's right, that is to say..."

The voice didn't wait for the person who heard the words to come back to his senses. After a big gasp, he continued with a sentence full of malicious smiles.

"...In other words, all of you have been kidnapped by our Dark Truth Association~"

After the last byte fell, a large number of people in black all over the body poured into the cabin. They held various weapons and quickly controlled the passengers in the cabin, just like the broadcast just now. what the voice in the...

...Now, everyone here has been kidnapped.

Of course, both Sapphire and Riel were obediently subdued. It's not that they couldn't resist. It's just that the airship is under the control of the enemy and the ship is still flying in the sky. If they accidentally stimulate the other party, They jumped over the wall in a hurry and drove the boat and shouted "Allah Hu Akbar". They were heroic, and Riel and the others didn't want to die with them.

Anyway, after they hijacked the ship, they will definitely find a place to land immediately, at least they won't be flying in the sky all the time, as long as the ship lands and there are no worries, they can do it naturally...

... Now let's pretend to be a grandson.

"Hey, I said that it's really unlucky to encounter such a thing when I go out, right bro~"

Riel, who didn't feel nervous at all, raised his hands very honestly with an attitude of "I'm a good citizen", and joked to the uncle next to him when he had time, and the uncle also raised his hands and smiled answer.

"However, there is no tension on your expression at all."

"Hehe, it's probably because I'm naturally big-hearted, and the negative example of being too nervous was knocked out just now~"

What Riel was talking about was the passenger who was dressed as a noble lady before. After hearing that she was kidnapped by the terrorists who had been raging in the Principality recently, the noble lady immediately screamed out of control. In the end, she was overwhelmed by The other guy in black was knocked unconscious with an elbow.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that when the noble lady was knocked unconscious, a young girl sitting with her actually cast a "nice job" look at the little brother in black who knocked her unconscious.

...I always feel that the atmosphere is wrong!

There was also a very well-dressed gentlemanly man, who kept repeating to the man in black with a nervous expression on his face.

"You want money, don't you? You just want a ransom, right? I'm rich, I'm rich, as long as you let me go, I can give you cash right away..."

In the end, he didn't finish his sentence, and he was knocked unconscious on the spot.

"Made..." The little brother who knocked out the gentle man even spat on the spot, "We terrorists pay attention to the steps and process when we do things, how can there be a meat ticket that skips our deterrence and directly pays the ransom, you fucking don't Play the cards according to the routine!"

Yes, we know that most of the members of the Dark Truth Society are a group of psychopaths with clear logic, and now it seems to illustrate this point very well. After these two live examples, everyone on the ship is now honest. Accidentally stimulated this group of neuropathy.

"Hey, let me tell you, my little brother, what you are wearing is in line with our taste..." A man who seemed to be at the level of a small cadre patrolled the cabin, and suddenly said this after seeing Riel's attire, Indeed, Riel is now wearing a black monk uniform, which is indeed somewhat similar to these black terrorists, "How about it, do you want to join us? I will give you nine points for your dressing taste, and the boss will definitely agree..."

"...I'm sorry." Faced with this kind of neurotic logic, Ruier actually replied calmly, "I have done a special test before, and I accounted for at least four of the five exclusion indicators of antisocial personality. You have nothing in common."

Those who said this made the people around tense, thinking that Ruier, who was so shameless, would be knocked unconscious soon, but the man just nodded seriously, and said "oh" before he stopped talking.

Immediately, a passenger next to the man immediately showed the expression "Are you kidding me?", but was knocked unconscious by the man in a blink of an eye.

"Tch, what are you looking at?!"

Immediately, everyone on the ship felt that the future was hopeless, and being tied up by such a group of psychopaths, God knows what will happen next...

Then, under such complicated mood, the sky slowly lit up...

Chapter 47 Pegasus of Sword Dance ([-])

Originally according to the scheduled route, this airship will arrive at the capital of the Grand Duke at noon today. However, because of the hijacking of the group of psychopaths by the Dark Truth, the airship has completely deviated from the original route. As for where it will fly to now? No one knows where.

In view of the perverse behavior of this group of psychopaths, which is completely unpredictable, and all of them have a fierce reputation, no one dares to resist at will. Although for some reason, the most famous pair of "ghost twins" did not appear, but the number of people here is just Astonishing enough, it is estimated that it is very difficult for normal people to have the opportunity to be surrounded by double-digit antisocial psychopaths at one time. Of course, any normal person would not want to experience this rare experience.

Finally, when Rishan was three poles, the airship began to descend slowly. It seemed that this group of people had reached their destination, and this destination was obviously not the capital.

At the same time, the shipboard radio also rang.

"Hey, all the guests, are you still satisfied with this well-prepared trip? Okay, now please all line up and disembark together, no tricks are allowed~"

Riel felt someone pushing him around him, and immediately shook his head, got up calmly, and together with Sapphire and the others, they got out of the cabin under the push of a group of members of the Dark Truth Society.

The moment he left the cabin, the first thing he felt was a gust of cool wind with the smell of green grass, and the dazzling bright sun above his head. Riel stretched out his hand to block the sun. He knew the script, of course he understood this. Where is it, but the unprepared passengers around, of course, collectively exclaimed.

"This, where is this place?!"

In theory, the airship only flew for half a day. According to the departure point at that time, no matter which direction it flew from, it should still be in the Grand Duchy of Sofia at this point in time, so the passengers can probably comfort themselves. Most of the people just want a ransom, rather than abducting people to some backcountry for hard labor...

Of course, they didn't dare to think about the fate of being used as sacrifices in the sacrificial ceremony. No one can guarantee what this group of psychopaths will do.

However, the place where the few people arrived was a large plain with quite beautiful scenery. Most of the people were stunned for a while, only a few of them recovered immediately.

"Nolan Plateau, this is the Nolan Plateau!"

Riel couldn't help whistling, and Sapphire and Fei, who were walking with him, showed extremely tangled expressions.

First of all, we know that the goal of Riel and his party on this regular ship is the Royal Capital, but the main goal of going to the Royal Capital is to change to the regular ship of the Royal Capital to go to the Nolan Plateau, because there is no stop at the Moria Mountains. The airship route goes directly to the Nolan Plateau, so it can only make a few turns.

However, now they accidentally skipped the middle step and were kidnapped by a group of terrorists to the Nolan Plateau. Such a dramatic way and development couldn't help but make them feel a little dazed for a while...

...What the hell is going on?

"Wait, what is this?"

After the members of the Black Truth Society pushed the passengers out of the cabin, they got together and didn't say what to do next. After the initial panic, a few calm people started to look around, and then they were shocked when they saw this up.

Not far from the Liuxuanhua airship that everyone was riding on, there is actually another airship parked, and the shape of this airship is very similar to the Liuxuanhua, the only difference is that The paintwork is different.

Although most people may not be able to recognize what this painting means, but some knowledgeable people have already recognized it. This painting and this shape are definitely not wrong... This is the official warship of the Grand Duchy of Sofia!

Why is there a warship here? You must know that the magic flying warship is expensive, and it is a rare item that burns money. The Grand Duchy of Sofia has only twenty warships in service, and they are all imported from the Isaac Empire at a high price. The battleship engine, the Grand Duchy's own technical strength is not enough to manufacture such a sophisticated creation.

Shouldn't the warships of the Grand Duchy be transporting tribute to the empire at this time?Why is it here, don't you think?

When that "could it be said" appeared in everyone's minds, most of them were stunned. Could it be that this group of psychopaths had already acted once before today's kidnapping operation, and even tied up a warship? !

Really, could this group of terrorists really be able to antagonize the Principality's regular army in a head-on conflict, and even snatch a warship?Whose terrorist is this Nima, and his combat effectiveness is also strong, right? !

All of a sudden, those who had expected to find out that the Liuxuanhua was hijacked and the Principality's army came to rescue them felt half-cooled.

"Hehe, then it's almost the same here, it's time to get ready..."

Riel, who had been raising his hands until just now, slowly lowered his hands, and at the same time winked at Sapphire and Fei beside him.