Realm of Power

The lazy June sun shines brightly on the sea in the distance outside the window, and the sea in the distance is even more blue. As the imperial army gathers in Fort Locke, the entire port of Fort Locke is now completely packed with imperial ships, everywhere. The imperial flag fluttering in the air makes it easy for people to have the illusion that the city in front of them is not Castle Locke, the cultural and artistic center of Central Europe controlled by the Medici family for hundreds of years, but more like a military port belonging to an empire.

It has been two days since the Exposure Festival auction ended. The Scythe of the God of War was finally bought by the imperial minister Salon at a high price, and it became the focus of discussion in the streets of Castle Rock, especially the painting. It is said that the depiction of the imperial emperor is miraculous and lifelike, especially the emperor's invincible power on the battlefield, sweeping thousands of armies like a majestic roll, which made this painting even more famous.

There are even rumors that the imperial minister Salon bought this painting at a high price, actually buying it on behalf of the emperor. The undefeated military god who has always given people a mysterious and powerful power does not seem to want his portrait to be spread. After all, no matter whether it is praised or derogated in various descriptions, the appearance of His Majesty the Emperor cannot escape one exact adjective, that is, honest and honest.

It is hard to imagine that a murderous Emperor Supreme would have such a comment about his appearance. This is enough to show that His Majesty the Emperor's appearance is really not outstanding. Of course, for many Opalo noble women, the status of Emperor is the best. It is an aphrodisiac, not to mention that this person also has a series of titles such as the Undefeated God of War, the Killing Demon King, the Whip of the Immortal Sky, etc.

Powerful and mysterious, ruthless and strategic, as for appearance, it can be automatically ignored

Of course, there are also a very small number of women who ridicule that the emperor must be an ugly person, so they dare not let their portraits leak out. It is more of a mentality of sour grapes. You must know that at the last moment of the auction, for In the auction of the Scythe of the God of War, the highest bidder was not a man, but a woman, and it was a group of hysterical women screaming.

"Three hundred thousand, the emperor is mine!"

"You dare to pay 300,000 yuan. Where did you come from? I'll pay 500,000 yuan. I want to hang the emperor above my bed."

"Get out of here, I'll pay 800,000 yuan, and I will sleep with the emperor in my arms every day."

Various sounds come and go, monsters dance wildly, this is the craziest scene in all previous exposure festival auctions. In just less than a minute, the initial price rose from 50,000 to 110,000. After hundreds of battles, , the imperial general Salon, who was killing people on the battlefield, held the price tag in his hand, but he didn't have time to lift it up. There were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was so fierce. I didn't expect a woman to be so crazy.

All the men were frightened by the situation at that time. They originally thought that at most two to three hundred thousand would be enough to support the sky. After all, this painting was only rumored to be similar to the emperor, but no one knew what the emperor looked like. Judging from the painting, he cannot be called a handsome face, at most he is a vigorous young man. Such people are not uncommon in aristocratic families. In the past, those who spent a lot of money to buy paintings by the great painter Ancolò, Either an important minister The dignitaries, or the wealthy businessmen of the country, mainly went to the great beauty An Loco, and everyone knew that the money received by the great painter An Loco was given directly to His Majesty Faruk to buy it. Ankolo's large studio, just It is tantamount to giving money to His Majesty Farouk in disguise, and in the past, many people have received various benefits feedback from His Majesty Farouk. This is no secret in the Eero Empire, and it is even regarded as a way to get promoted and make a fortune. a shortcut

But this time it was different. His Majesty Farouk died in battle in the north of Hérault, and the Hérault royal family fled to the south. The value of Encollo's paintings naturally plummeted. Who knew the price soared, reaching 1.7 million, the Medici family The auctioneer's face turned pale. Under the repeated signals of the owner of the house, Prentas, he dropped the hammer in time with lightning speed, and then pointed it forcefully at Salon with his hand.

"We congratulate this buyer. This painting belongs to this buyer." "Why does it become his? I didn't even see him hold up the sign."

"There must be a shady story!" A countess from Shesaya took off her shoes and threw them towards the stage. The countless rhinestones inlaid on the shoes even hit the ground and turned into countless white dots.

"It's not fair, I want the auction to start again." All kinds of discarded items were rained down like raindrops, and the auctioneers scurried away. There were even a few tough female nobles who rushed directly to the stage to grab the paintings. The guards of the auction house tried their best to stop them. Instead of letting the painting be snatched away, the female nobles could not grab the painting, so they turned to another target, the other side of the shady plot, Salon.

The auctioneer above ran away. Why is Salon still stupid? In the eyes of these women, who cares whether you are an important minister of the empire or a murderer? All kinds of things are thrown at Salon, facing the enemy on the battlefield. The imperial general Salon, who was not afraid of Fang Dajun, originally wanted to resist, but He took off something that fell on his head and took a look. His face turned green. He was beaten away. He couldn't run away. Forget about throwing shoes and socks. He also threw a pair of sexy underwear. Salon was bald again and was hit on the head. The strong smell was so strong that even a strong general couldn't bear it.

This led to the fact that which painting was not bought by the important minister of the empire, Salon. At that time, Salon did not even have time to give the money, or he did not want to give the money at all, and ran away on purpose. For such a rogue move, the beauty of knowing the inside story On the contrary, the Tichy family became even more nervous. Salon did not take away any painting, which was a bit troublesome. This painting related to the death of Emperor Eero. Especially Prentas, who had already been recognized by the emperor, knew that this kind of secret involving the emperor was enough to crush a small family like the Medici family, and he did not dare to use this painting. What made him feel lucky to stay at the Medici's house was that afterwards, the emperor sent word that he would come to pick up the painting in person.

In the lobby of the Medici family's mansion in Castle Rock, a somewhat honest-looking young man with black hair wearing a black uniform walked into the hall. His eyes glanced at the dozen or so core members of the Medici family who were kneeling in the hall. , falling on a portrait placed on the long table, frowning slightly, I have to admit that Ankeluo, a woman, is an extraordinary painter, and this painting is indeed quite close to her own appearance.

"Get up, this is the Medici family, not the Imperial Palace, and I have never had the tradition of asking my allies to kneel down to greet them." The black-haired young man smiled and raised his hand to the core members of the Medici family.

"Your Majesty just said..."

Prentas couldn't help but be surprised on his face, and asked hesitantly with a slightly trembling voice. The emperor was talking about allies, not vassals. The difference between the meanings of the two words was so big that Prentas even thought that he was not a vassal. He heard wrongly. If they were really allies, Prentas would be even more worried. With the return of two members of the Medici family who had been sent to the royal family of Rilla , he had received news that King Owitt of Rilla had arrived on the outskirts of Castle Rock. He only waited for the Medici family to go to war with the empire, and then encouraged all forces in Castle Rock to overthrow the rule of the Medici family, but the result was that Because of my decisiveness, I didn't let such a tragedy happen. Otherwise, I'm afraid there won't even be a single survivor in the Medici family now.

Who has been a neighbor of His Majesty Ocente for more than twenty years, and yet no one knows him well! The ruthlessness of King Ruila is famous throughout Obarro, but it is precisely because of this that the Barro countries in Central Europe recognize the Kingdom of Ruila as the leader of Barro in Central Europe, because Ruila has a A ruthless leader who can sacrifice everything for his goals. If you want to rise up in such troubled times and become a force, all countries need such a ruthless leader.

This time on the line between life and death, Prentas could still feel the cold sweat flowing down his back. Who could believe that in order to set up this situation, King Rilla even sacrificed his two daughters, even though the two girls were from the Medici family? Blood, but also half of the blood of the Rilla royal family. Just a little bit short of it, the Medici family would be finished. Prentas was sincerely grateful to the emperor from the bottom of his heart.

At that time, as long as the emperor nodded, the nails that the Kingdom of Rilla had set up in Castle Rock over the years would explode. In that unprepared situation, the possibility of the Medici family being overthrown was 100%, not to mention Now we can barely retain one-third of our control over Castle Rock.

For the emperor, it was just an indifferent attitude, but for the Medici family, it was related to the life and death of the entire family.

Which Scythe of the God of War is this? "The black-haired young man's eyes flickered, and he picked up a painting with one hand.

He didn't know much about painting techniques. Although the imperial royal family also had several prestigious royal painters, the black-haired young man only wanted to encourage the development of art in the empire, and regularly provided certain financial support to these artists, and occasionally I will give you a few words of appreciation. After all, the influence of an empire cannot solely rely on swords.

In many cases, soft power is also very important, and it is also because of this idea of ​​the black-haired young man that the empire has taken advantage of the empire's openness to the inland sea to spread the influence of the empire to the entire Obaro within just two years. The mainland has been fully radiated, and now the empire has become the fashion leader of the entire Obarro. Now the entire The largest military academy in Obaro is the Imperial Military Academy. The school with the largest scale and the largest number of students is the Imperial University with a population of 13,000. The largest training system for directly training political officers is the Imperial Political Officer Academy. A systematic university has begun to form, with categories related to agriculture, oceanography, architecture, art, literature, etc.

Some of them originally existed in the Obaro area, but most of them were rough and not fine. However, the black-haired young man relied on his previous memories to separate some subjects from the original university subjects and gradually formed a new system. It occupies the combined resources of the entire Nordic Barro region and has a business system throughout the European Barro continent. The supply of departments, the empire's heavy investment, and the establishment of systems from the Sky Temple to various universities. The development of these imperial disciplines can be said to be almost rapid. In addition, the empire's heavy investment has attracted various scholars from all over the mainland to teach. The empire already has three Fourteen universities of various types and more than 3,000 technical schools graduate nearly five apprentices every year. One hundred thousand, these apprentices have been added to various industries, which has greatly improved the industry level of the empire. It can be said that the empire is now the academic pinnacle of the entire continent of Oparo. "Yes, Your Majesty, this is the Scythe of the God of War." Prentas, a member of the Medici family, replied cautiously, "This painting... is wrong." He looked at this painting carefully. Regarding his own painting, the content above couldn't help but make the corners of the black-haired emperor's mouth turn up slightly, and he suddenly let out a haha ​​of laughter. As expected, the former princess of Emperor Eero just relied on guesswork and imagination to draw this painting. Yes, it roughly looks like that, but to the real person involved, there are still a lot of mistakes in this painting.

An artist is an artist, and no matter how good the painting is, he cannot describe the circumstances of that surprise battle, let alone the life-and-death decision on the battlefield. In the narrow gap of the heavy troop cluster, 20,000 imperial cavalry launched a life-or-death assault on the 300,000-strong army of Emperor Eero Farouk. It's like dancing on the sword. If you are not careful, you will be doomed. If you don't have the awareness to put everything aside, this battle will be a dead end. It may be to show your image of commanding and determined. In the painting, you are so calm and your eyes seem sharp. In fact, it feels more like a field trip, full of the atmosphere of a dandy aristocrat. Isn’t this a joke!

From this painting, the black-haired emperor was sure that the great painter Encore was definitely not present at the time. Putting down the painting in his hand, the black-haired emperor decided to discuss the issue of Castle Rock with the Medici family. He glanced around Looking at the dozen or so members of the Medici family in the hall, "Everyone, get out first."

Prentas very smartly asked the other members of the Medici family to retreat, and the others quickly walked out of the hall. They knew that what followed must involve secrets. For them, the less they knew about some things, the better. Look Seeing how difficult it was for Prentas, the head of the family, to walk on thin ice these days, and to bear the brutal reputation of massacring thousands of Martinicans, they were all glad at the moment that they were not the head of the Medici family.

In response to Prentas' observation, the black-haired emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "I know that the Medici family is dissatisfied with the empire's decision to jointly manage Castle Rock. If I say that the empire has no ambitions for Castle Rock, I don't know. Do you believe it or not?”

Prentas didn't expect that the emperor's first sentence would be this, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

The black-haired emperor raised his hand to indicate that he didn't have to answer. He came to the window and looked outside. The spire houses were adjacent to each other, especially the roofs of various colors, which showed the impact of diverse cultures. It's a bit of a strange place, and there's a boldness in the gorgeous colors. It can be seen that the Medici family's management of Castle Rock is indeed quite loose, otherwise there wouldn't be such a scene. He sighed and said "Although Castle Rock is wealthy, it is only compared to Central Europe's Barrow. In fact, there are not many port cities like Castle Rock in the empire. One more Castle Rock or one less Castle Rock will have no impact on the empire. , the empire only values ​​the location of Castle Rock, not the wealth, so the last thing the Medici family needs to worry about is the empire, and the most important thing to worry about is the Kingdom of Rilla!"

"What your Majesty said is that in fact, the Medici family has never regarded the Empire as an enemy, and to be honest, I have never been at ease about the Riela people!" Prentas took a deep breath. His words brought out a hint of meaning that was different from what he thought.

The black-haired emperor glanced at him and said in a solemn voice, "Since you and I have the same understanding, it will be easier to handle later. I won't say any more nonsense. In one sentence, do the Medicis want to be the leader of the Barro family in Central Europe?" ?"

Platas' body trembled suddenly, his eyes bulged, and his voice trembled as he asked, "Your Majesty, what did you just say?" He was a little frightened. Who doesn't want to be the leader of the Barrow in Central Europe? The question is Castle Rock is a little bigger, but the person who said this is not someone else but the Emperor of the Empire. That's another story.

The corners of the black-haired emperor's mouth turned up slightly. He raised his head and looked at the blue sky with a slight smile. "The empire doesn't believe in the Rila people or the Eberros people. Since the empire needs a Central European Barrow leader, then why not I am supporting one myself.”