Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow

Chapter 278 The so-called power.

When the door of the mansion was opened, just when the waiter in the carriage outside the wall thought that Li De was going to come out, a bunch of fiery red flame clouds suddenly appeared in front of Li De.

As the flame clouds continued to gather, the garden between the mansion gate and the outer iron gate was covered with flame clouds, forming a huge cloud bed.

As Li De stepped onto the cloud bed, the flame clouds that formed the cloud bed surged again.

A cloud ladder composed of flame clouds appeared under Li De's feet, and continued to rise with Li De's steps.

It was not until a few meters high that the steps finally stopped generating and formed a slightly wider cloud platform.

At this moment, Li De was standing in the center of the cloud platform.

The next second, as Li De slowly sat back, the flame clouds on the cloud platform surged again, and a dragon chair formed by flowing flame clouds appeared under Li De.

And the flowing flame clouds formed a group of fiery red cloud dragons, wandering under Li De.

Sitting on the Nine Dragon Cloud Chair, Li De was like a god looking down on the world.

After Li De sat down, Claire came out, followed the cloud ladder all the way up to Li De, and then sat on a phoenix chair formed by nine black cloud phoenixes.

Only after Claire sat down did Miyano Shiho, Gamma, Zeta, Beta and Esdeath file out.

When they climbed up the cloud ladder to the height of two steps, the upward cloud ladder was slowly flattened and turned into a larger cloud platform.

The flame cloud formed a variety of moon-shaped stools (crescent stools) for the women to sit on.

In fact, if Li De hadn't thought that the chaise longue was a bit unceremonious, he would have controlled the flame cloud to make a few chaise longues at this moment.

After the women sat down, Chelsea and Suzuka walked out of the mansion, closed the door, and stepped onto the huge cloud bed. They walked to the front of the newly formed cloud platform under the two steps of Gamma and the women, and then stood on both sides.

Only then did the flame cloud begin to flow slowly, and after slowly rising to a certain height, it slowly drifted towards the direction of the palace.

And this is the shock that Li De wants to prepare for the natives of the magical world.

To be honest, Li De has always looked down on flying magic. After all, flying horizontally in the sky, no matter how fast, is too different from flying in the clouds.

Look at Li De's move. Not only did he bring all his women, but he also filled them up.

The only flaw is probably the lack of BGM and the lack of flower baskets filled with petals in the hands of Chelsea and Suzuka.

Of course, the natives of the Western fantasy world don't understand the romance of Eastern fantasy.

But Li De plans to shock the natives today, and fairy music is naturally indispensable.

When the flame cloud rises up and people on the ground can't see it, Miyano Shiho takes out the audio equipment to play the BGM.

As for the flower basket, there are too few secondary contractors this time, so I won't sprinkle it.

Because without two columns of more than ten or twenty people, it really can't show the desired effect.

With the sound of the fairy music, it took nearly an hour for the flowing cloud to float above the palace.

This speed was deliberately controlled by Li De in order to give the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Shalum enough reaction time.

Therefore, when Li De controlled the flame cloud to slowly descend from above the palace, King Shalum, a group of princes and princesses, and the nobles who came to the banquet today had gathered at the entrance of the palace.

Fortunately, the area inside the palace was large enough, otherwise the flame cloud would have to be reduced in size.

As Chelsea and Suzuka first stepped onto the steps outside the palace and stood on both sides, Li De stood up, and then walked down slowly with Claire holding his arm.

With every step forward, the flame cloud behind Li De slowly dissipated.

When they reached the second cloud platform, Shiho Miyano, Gamma, Zeta, Beta and Esdeath had already stood up, and then followed the two of them slowly to the first cloud platform, and finally walked past Chelsea and Suzuka to the gate of the palace.

At this moment, the flame cloud behind Li De and others disappeared.

There is no doubt that the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Shalum were shocked by Li De's move.

After all, this cool way of appearance really opened their eyes.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Sid and ladies, welcome to your arrival." The old king greeted them first.

In fact, according to etiquette, Li De should speak first.

Because no matter how strong he is, Li De is a guest after all.

However, the old king of Shalum is obviously a wise man. He spoke first and lowered his posture to show his attitude.

In this way, if Li De still has some face, he will not be angry first even if something goes wrong later.

In fact, if Li De and his party traveled as adventurers and came in a carriage sent by the kingdom, the old king would not be able to greet them first, let alone run to the palace gate to greet them.

This is the benefit of Li De making such a grand show.

First, it was to tell the top leaders of Shalum not to label themselves adventurers. We are not ignorant bumpkins from the countryside.

Second, it was to show our strength through the pomp and circumstance, to shock the top leaders of Shalum, so that they would not be blinded by beauty and have any inappropriate thoughts.

Because the nobles are sometimes so stupid that it is hard to understand.

Their way of thinking is sometimes so weird that it is unbelievable.

However, all nobles have a common problem, that is, they know how to respect power, or the strength behind power.

And Li De's trip this time is a real manifestation of strength.

Especially the way of moving without magic, it has enough deterrent effect, after all, the unknown is scary.

"King of Shalum, it's my first meeting. I am Sid Kageno! I am honored to be invited to your birthday party. Please allow me to introduce to you, this is my sister Claire Kageno, and the important members of our Kageno family." Li De responded with a smile and made a brief introduction.

The other party gave face so much, and Li De was not a person who didn't know etiquette.

"Hahahahaha, it's really an honor for Mr. Sid and the ladies to come to my birthday party. Please come in!" The old king's tone was quite generous at this moment.

"Then it's better to obey than to be respectful." Li De responded with a smile.

Then the group of people walked towards the hall where the banquet was held in the palace.

After entering the hall, Li De and the girls found that the foundation of the Kingdom of Shalum was not bad. At least the lights in the banquet hall were not candlelight, but some kind of magic props that could continuously emit light.

However, this foundation was also limited. After all, apart from the hall, other places in the palace still used candles.

Of course, the foundation of the Kingdom of Shalum had nothing to do with Li De.     At this moment, Li De's eyes were on the seventh prince Lloyd. The birthday party of the old king, no matter how uninterested the seventh prince was, he should come.

Not to mention him, even his maid and swordsmanship instructor Xilufa also attended today's party.

However, Xilufa was able to participate not because of her identity, but because of her own A-level adventurer strength.

"Master, that silver-haired woman is the target in the palace." Beta asked Li De through the contract.

"Well, it's this silver-haired swordsman. Her strength in this country is quite good." Li De replied immediately.

"Hehe, I like swordsman." Beta looked at Xilufa and sent a message happily.

After all, for Beta, strength is not as important as appearance, and being able to catch Li De's eye is the key.

Just like Suzuka, with her appearance and the pair of A that she can't afford, she doesn't expect Li De to be interested in her.

"She has the aura of a strong man. After the blood transformation is completed, she will not be worse than Mabui. But Beta, you don't really plan to only accept silver-haired women in the Seventh Division, right? You know, it's not easy to find silver-haired women with good strength." Gamma on the side praised Beta and said casually.

"Of course, they have to be all silver-haired." Beta replied with certainty.

"Beta, I don't ask how you want to build the Seventh Division, but Sid can't always help you keep an eye on such high-quality contractors." Claire on the side reminded her.

After all, she didn't enjoy this treatment, so how could she let Sid help Beta find high-quality contractors all the time.

It's not that Li De can't do it, but if he does this, other girls, including Claire herself, will have opinions.

In addition, as Gamma said, not every dimension has a silver-haired woman with good strength.

"Don't worry, Claire, because the hair color can be changed when the blood is transformed." Since Beta dared to make such a decision, he naturally had a countermeasure.

"So it's hard for me!" Miyano Shiho didn't expect Beta to set his sights on her.

"Sister Shiho, please help me, just think of it as a favor I owe you." Beta was also quite generous.

"Since you said so, how can I not help you?" Miyano Shiho stopped when she saw the good.

After all, for her, adjusting the hair color when transforming the blood is really a piece of cake.

As for the hard object, it is not her, but the supercomputer that models.

And for this kind of thing, even if she doesn't agree, Beta can ask Yita for help.

The reason why Beta asked Miyano Shiho was just because Miyano Shiho was in charge of blood transformation.

During the private chat between the few people, the old king on the stage also finished a relatively brief speech, and the birthday party officially began.

There is no doubt that the real protagonists of this banquet are Li De and his party standing in the center of the palace.

As for the other nobles, they are scattered around, waiting for the opportunity to talk.

It's not that they don't want to get close to him at this moment. In fact, Li De's cool appearance has made these nobles a little impatient.

But the first batch of people who come into contact with Li De and others can only be royal family members, one because the organizer of this banquet is the royal family, and the other because any noble who still wants to mix in the kingdom must give face to the royal family.

Only after the royal family members finish talking with Li De and others will it be the turn of others.

So when the old king finished speaking and announced the start of the banquet, he walked straight towards Li De and his family with his family.

"Sir Sid, let me introduce you, this is my second son Albert, sixth daughter Yalijie and seventh son Lloyd." The old king came to Li De with the members currently in the palace.

"Nice to meet you, the future world's number one magician." Li De walked past the second prince Albert and the sixth princess Yalijie, walked up to Lloyd and stretched out his hand to speak.

"The world's number one magician?!"

"That Sir Sid is talking to the seventh prince."

"How is this possible!"

"No, it seems possible. The Seventh Prince has shown extraordinary magical talent since he was a child."

"It seems that it is very likely that he can be recognized by an S-level strongman."

For a while, the nobles around who heard this began to communicate in a low voice.

Some people looked at Albert with a different look.

It seems that the position of the second prince's first heir will be challenged next.

But before these people had time to think about it, a crisp voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"That. I can't seem to reach Sir Sid's hand." Lloyd said.

After all, he was only about 1.3 meters tall at the age of seven, while Li De was 2.1 meters tall.

When Li De stretched out his hand, he didn't bend down, and his hand didn't lower, so Lloyd wanted to shake hands with Li De, but he couldn't reach it even if he stood on tiptoe.

"Mr. Lloyd, you are currently S-level, so I regard you as someone who can have an equal dialogue. I believe that with your strength, it is not difficult to shake hands with me.

I don't care why you are speaking at this moment, but don't think I will bend down to cooperate with you. I admit that you will be very strong in the future, but even if you are not qualified to bend down to me in the future, let alone now." Li De looked down at Lloyd and said.

"Uh" Lloyd obviously didn't expect Li De to say such a thing.

After all, he is only obsessed with magic research, and his emotional intelligence is not that high.

However, the person who can become the god of magic in the future is definitely not a fool. After Li De reminded him, Lloyd immediately understood.

Before the old king and others could act, Lloyd flew up, floated in front of Li De, and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li De.

"Hahahaha, that's right!" Li De laughed immediately.

"Respected Sir Sid, my brother Lloyd was rude just now. I apologize to you for his reckless behavior." Albert stepped forward and said.

"Prince Albert, you are worried. But your worry is unnecessary. If you want to become the strongest magician, you must devote all your energy to the study of magic. Your brother will not threaten your position.

Because even if others want to support him, he himself will not be willing. In fact, many people have been confused by power, but they don't understand that power without power is a castle in the air, a flower in the mirror, and a moon in the water.

This is also the reason why I passed you by, because you are not qualified to talk to me, or I don't think highly of Sharum's overall strength. Therefore, as the first heir, you can't make me look up to you."