Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 118 Longshou Harbor and Storm Islands

Brian and Kearney turned their heads together and looked in the direction of the voice.

A tall figure came into sight of the two of them.

Wearing a black cloak and leather armor, a wide-brimmed belt around his waist and a golden saber-toothed tiger buckle, he has a serious expression and tight lips, giving people a symbol of majesty and strength.

With loose long hair and icy eyes like molten silver, he stood straight beside the blazing copper brazier, and his giant figure enveloped the two of them.

"Ms. Licio..."

Brian looked startled, instinctively put his hands on his belt, and faintly blocked Princess Corney in front of him.

Mutant, magic swordsman 'Silver Tiger' Lixio.

He was his swordsmanship instructor in Tegrila Palace, and the one who broke into Blackman alone and forcibly kidnapped him.

Brian is very familiar with this swordsmanship instructor who has specially trained him for five years.

The reason why he was able to obtain the powerful background specialty of "Master of Swordsmanship", apart from the solid foundation laid by the leader of the elves, was completed during Lixio's training.

If in the Elf Holy Land, his training was compulsory, then in Tigrila Palace, it was his initiative.

He still vividly remembers the feeling of becoming bruised, bleeding, and unable to stand on his feet during each training session, and then stubbornly refused any form of treatment.

Because he insists that this kind of injury is also part of the training.

What surprised him was how the other party found this place.

Could it be that……

Brian immediately realized that it was most likely done by Duke Swift.

"No one can escape fate..." Licio repeated again, this time the voice was not as firm and decisive as expected, it was more like a mumbling.

"What are you trying to say?" Brian said blankly.

But in his heart, he was thinking about his swordsmanship instructor, what is the real purpose of coming here to find him.

"You said everyone can forge their own destiny?" Licio looked at Brian calmly.

"That's right." Brian met his silver eyes, "Fate is something that is born to be trampled underfoot."

"Very good." Licio nodded lightly, rubbing the hilt of his sword with his palm, "Then tell me, can you defeat me? If you can't even defeat me, what right do you have to talk about fate?"

Brian was about to clenched the hilt of his sword, but suddenly felt a warm little hand slip into his palm, and squeezed it gently again.

He knew that this was not out of nervous instinctive awareness, but a kind of comfort that actively relaxed him. He responded gently to the empathetic princess, and said in the calmest tone possible:

"Defeating your opponent is nothing but a winner in life, and defeating yourself is the strong man of destiny. Between you and me, there is only a difference in speed, and there is nothing worth showing off."

"Mr. Lixio, if you're here just to discuss these nonsense about 'fate' with me, then enough is enough, it's meaningless." Brian said calmly:
"I haven't seen you in ten years. It seems that you have become an old pedant who can only talk about empty philosophy. Your words are full of hypocrisy and ignorance. You might as well show your weapons directly."

"Little devil! In my opinion, there is probably nothing more hypocritical and ignorant than a thoughtless and unfair judgment." Licio snorted coldly, his tone obviously softening a lot.

Brian's expression was visibly relaxed. He knew that this swordsmanship instructor from Tigrila had no ill intentions.

He gave the princess beside him a reassuring look, and Kearni smiled back at him.

"You are Her Royal Highness Princess of the Kingdom of West." Licio turned his gaze to Kearney beside Brian and nodded slightly.

"As your father said, you are indeed a princess of noble blood. I am afraid that there is no one in the whole world who is worthy of you."

"There is no right or wrong, only willing or not." Kearney glanced at Brian and said calmly: "If it is allowed, I hope this is a free country, so that we can be ourselves as we want. s Choice."

"Then you can pray for the mercy of the gods in the sky, Your Royal Highness the innocent princess." Lixio said in a playful tone.

"If you don't mind, please excuse me, Your Highness the Princess." Then, he shifted his gaze to Brian again, "I want to discuss an important matter with our Prince Tegrila."

"No problem." Kearney said without paying attention.

Then she planned to take the three magic books that Brian had given her and prepare to leave.

"If you have any questions, just speak up. I don't think there is any need to cover up. This is what treacherous scumbags and informers like to do."

Brian took Princess Corney's hand, signaling that she didn't have to leave, and then looked at his swordsmanship instructor.

"Very good, then I'll be straight." Licio nodded, took out a sheepskin scroll and a blank badge from his coat, glanced at Princess Corni, and said bluntly:
"Since our prince of Tigrila intends to marry the princess of the Kingdom of West, as the prince's father, the king of Tigrila, he can't say anything or say nothing."

Licio's words paused, and he looked at Brian again, "Stubborn kid! Listen to me, your king's father doesn't want his wandering son to be looked down upon when he marries the princess. As for being laughed at by the world, his son is not worthy of the princess of the Kingdom of West. So, starting today, you will be canonized as the hereditary Duke of Tigrila, and Dragonshead Port and the entire Storm Islands will be under your jurisdiction directly under the territory."

Duke?Longshou Port?Storm Islands?
Hearing this unexpected news, Brian couldn't remember it for a while.

He tried his best to keep calm, recalling the location of Longshou Harbor and the Storm Islands in Tegrila.

Longshou Harbor is located on the easternmost peninsula of Tegrila, and the Storm Islands are across the sea from Longshou Harbor.

Although the entire Storm Islands plus one Dragonshead Port is enough to be worthy of the status of a Kingdom Duke, it is even more than enough.

But out of understanding of these two places, he immediately poured a basin of cold water on him.

Because although the Storm Islands belong to the territory of Tigrila in name, they have been independent for more than 300 years, and they only need to establish themselves as kings.

As for Longshou Port, it is the largest free trade port in the world. It is completely controlled by major mercenary groups and chambers of commerce. Various forces are intertwined, almost equal to self-reliance.

Due to the gradual pressure from the Niluskans, Tigrila's army simply did not have the strength to conquer this prosperous free trade port.

In other words, the territory that he, the duke who has just been canonized, is more like two pieces of hot potatoes. If he is a little careless, he might not even know how to die.

His father, the king in name, granted him a hereditary duke and bestowed on him two territories that were out of control. The meaning he wanted to express was self-evident.

However, this is understandable.

After all, he is just an illegitimate child. Even if he was born in the royal family, the status of an illegitimate child is very low.

It might not be so easy to give him a territory that he can control freely. Even the hereditary duke of Longshou Harbor and the Storm Islands is likely to be challenging the limits of most nobles.

This is more like a choice after compromise.

Looking at Brian whose expression kept changing, the magic swordsman Lixio showed a playful smile, "Little devil, you have to think carefully, except for the appointment documents of Longshou Port and Storm Islands, you will not get a single soldier. , or even an aid of a copper coin. If you regret it now, it’s still too late. Otherwise, the moment you step into Longshou Port, I’m afraid you’ll be killed on the spot.”

"There's nothing to regret. I'll take over the duke." Brian patted the princess's little hand, gave her a reassuring look, then looked at Licio, and said firmly.

The king gave himself a legitimate identity, and he helped him take back the independent territory of the kingdom, why not accept it.

In fact, he also has a worry in his heart about the marriage of the princess.

As Licio said, his identity as a wandering prince would indeed be ridiculed, and even he himself would feel like he was trying to win over a princess.

Therefore, his original purpose was to make a marriage contract with the princess first, and then develop his power so that his power could match the status of the princess of the Kingdom of West.

Since his king's father was willing to grant him a territory, even if it was a nominal territory, a territory that he couldn't grasp at all in the eyes of outsiders, he took it without hesitation.

In this case, at least it saved him the most trouble and allowed him to obtain a legitimate lord status.

"Very well, I admire your courage." Lixio nodded with satisfaction, "Then, since you have decided to stand on your own, Lord Duke of Tigrila, tell me your flag and coat of arms so that I can go back To your father the king."

Flags and badges?
Brian frowned, no matter if it was the nobles or the major royal families, they all attached great importance to their own flags.

For example, the flag of Tegrila is a saber-toothed tiger standing on the top of a mountain and roaring, while the flag of the Kingdom of West is a golden griffin flying high.

The fundamental reason why many families like to use animals as their banners is to learn from the living habits of animals to express meaning, just like the characteristics of the saber-toothed tiger's aloof king, and the golden griffin's characteristic of being the overlord of the sky.

Therefore, Brian also wanted to have a flag of his own. Otherwise, he would not even have a symbol of forming a power, and would only be ridiculed.

But let him directly choose an animal or other things without thinking, he really can't think of it for a while.

So he fell into silence involuntarily.

On the other hand, Licio, including Princess Corney beside him, obviously understood Brian's hesitation.

"That's it." After deliberation, Brian drew the badge and flag he thought of on a blank scroll and handed it to his former swordsmanship instructor Lixio.

"The purple dragon, the Duke of the Purple Dragon." Licio looked at the pattern etched on the scroll, and looked at Brian in surprise.

"Little devil, I have to say that you are really courageous. No one in the kingdoms and families of the entire continent has ever dared to openly use a powerful creature like a dragon as their banner, and you are the first indivual."

"So what, it's a pity that there are no real giant dragons in this world, otherwise, I'll just tame one for you." Brian said brazenly, completely ignoring Princess Kearney's rolling eyes at him quietly.

If conditions permit, he really wants to tame a giant dragon, preferably an amethyst dragon with psychic powers. In this case, the banner and psion professions are all satisfied.

The fundamental reason why Longshou Port got this name is that it is located at the source of the Dragon's Spine mountain range, and this source is more like the head of a dragon, which is why it got its name.

As for why Brian chose to call it 'Purple Dragon', it is because Longshou Port is located in the easternmost part of Tegrila, and 'Zi Qi Dong Lai' is a symbol of auspiciousness and nobility.

Now that he has chosen to take over the duke, he naturally wants to regard Longshou Port as his future base camp, so it is reasonable to use the dragon as the banner.

And like Lixio said, no family dares to use the dragon as a banner, and he really hasn't thought about it carefully.

After all, compared to griffins, saber-toothed tigers, or winter wolves, the giant dragons are more powerful, but they don't know how many blocks to beat them.

At worst, wait for him to become stronger, and go to other planes to secretly catch an amethyst dragon cub.Brian couldn't help thinking.

"Since you have already made up your mind, I will naturally not object." Licio looked straight, looked at Brian, and suddenly said earnestly:

"Brian of Tigrila, from the fact that you like to use the elf name Brian and the human kingdom of Tigrila, it can be seen that you have the bottom line in your heart. I haven't seen you for ten years. I see that you have not I'm really relieved to get carried away with hate."

After saying that, he walked up to Brian and patted him heavily on the shoulder:

"I hope you will keep your original intention in mind from the beginning to the end. If you have time, go to the 'Slumbering Dragon' tavern in Jinyu City. There is a mercenary group from Longshou Port. They are the ones with the strongest potential, and if you can subdue them, it will be of great help to you when you enter Longshou Port in the future."

"I see, thank you for your help, Teacher Lixio." Brian endured the pain in his shoulder, and sincerely saluted the former swordsmanship instructor.

"You're welcome, there's only so much I can help you with." Licio looked at the mature and stable student in front of him with a complicated expression, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

In his mind, he recalled the night when he broke into the holy land of elves and snatched him away.

At that time, he could clearly feel that the child in his arms was acting too calmly.

He neither cried nor made trouble, as if he had seen through the trajectory of his own destiny.

When he rushed out of the elves to break through with arrow wounds, causing serious injuries and unconsciousness.

He once thought that this ten-year-old half-elf child would take the opportunity to kill himself, after all, he had killed so many of his compatriots in the holy land of elves.

However, unexpectedly, he seemed to see his own situation clearly, knowing that killing himself, with his ability, it was impossible to get out of this wild forest safely.

So very calmly, he pulled out the sharp arrows on his body one by one, and helped him deal with the bleeding wound until the injury improved.

This is also the real reason why he was willing to teach him swordsmanship. When he was planning to escape from the palace, he not only deliberately released water, but also gave him his most precious saber.

Thinking of this, he looked at the princess beside Brian, and after deliberating for a moment, he said:
"Your Highness, regarding the relationship between you and Brian, I won't say anything, but you must remember that in order to save you, my student did not hesitate to sign the oldest contract with the devil. "

devil?The oldest contract?

Princess Kearney looked startled, and looked at Brian beside her in disbelief.

She was very impressed with the devil.

Half a year ago, she was caught by the devil and fell into a deep sleep because she was sad and helpless.

What she didn't expect was that Brian signed a contract with the devil in order to save himself.

While this moved her, she also fell into deep worry, lest something unexpected happen to him.

"Brian, is this...is this true?" Princess Korni grabbed his hand nervously.

"It's not that serious." Brian was taken aback, noticing Licio's meaningful gaze, and immediately understood the meaning of his words.

But he didn't appreciate it at all. He just patted the princess's hand and said confidently: "Don't worry, this kind of contract is a master-servant contract. I am the master, and that devil is my servant. He can't hurt me." .”

"It's true." Seeing Brian's familiar calm face, Princess Corney still didn't quite believe it.

"If you don't believe me, I'll summon him later, and you'll find out by asking yourself." Brian thought for a while and assured her with a smile.

In fact, he didn't intend to tell her about it.

After all, a celestial bloodline and a hell devil are simply natural enemies. Even if they can live in peace, it always feels very awkward.

"Yeah, then I'm relieved." Kearney's expression relaxed, revealing a smile of relief.

"Teacher Licio, is there anything else?" Brian took the appointment paperwork and blank badge he handed over.

"The father of the king that you have always refused to admit, let me tell you a word." Licio was silent for a long time, regardless of whether Brian agreed or not, he directly recalled King Tigrila's words at that time, and said slowly:

"Your father said: He has always loved you sincerely. If you have time, I hope you go back and take a look."

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(End of this chapter)