Realm of Power

"Sir, Shiqiao has sent a request for help."

An officer from the Xiali family came to the blond head of Xiali's family who was directing soldiers to hit a huge stone door. The blond family leader's eyes were fixed on the heavy stone door that was being hit. His armor was illuminated by the fire burning in the distance. Red, a huge tree was knocked down, and it was used as a heavy hammer to hit the stone door. It was surrounded by dozens of soldiers. Just waiting for his order, they would violently move forward again, fighting against the huge stone door in front of them. collide together

After hearing the officer's report, the head of the Xiali family looked back from the direction of the stone gate with great reluctance and snorted, "Who is attacking the stone bridge? If you don't enjoy the Red Maple City, why attack the stone bridge? Kulong!" This guy usually slaps his chest loudly, it’s really At the critical moment, it was useless. But how many people are needed to defend a stone bridge that is no more than five meters wide? "My lord, Kurondo has always been brave and invincible. Since he sent for help, he must have been under considerable pressure." A general standing behind him said with a solemn expression.

They were also puzzled by the fact that the head of the family valued this huge stone gate so much. Logically speaking, the Siari family had already grasped the overall situation and had basically captured the entire Ellensburg. The only thing they felt sorry for was the Randolph family, which had always maintained neutrality. I don’t know what means were used to bring all the heads of each family together. After taking the huge crypt in front of me, when the Xiali family's army took control of Ellensburg, they found that the lords of each family had been led away, but so what, the armies of each family in Red Maple City were already in chaos. In order to The armies of various families were also furious at robbing property. Who still remembers the family heads in Ellensburg?

In this case, it makes no difference whether the heads of each family are caught or not!

But the head of the family is so stubborn. In fact, no one is to blame for this conflict. The Hokuriku families who were once monolithic have now completely become unrelenting enemies. The Hokuriku families themselves are a little confused about how the situation could become like this! All the families in the north were plundered by the imperial army, and even all the members of the family were killed. Naturally, they had sworn hatred with the empire, but what did this have to do with them? The imperial army had already begun to accept surrender the next day, that is, They say that their wives and children are in the hands of the imperial army, and the Xiali family wants them to fight the empire to the death. Isn't this a joke?

Unexpectedly, the Xi Yali family suddenly mobilized the army to block the leaving stone bridge, and began to arrest the heads of each family, and had fierce battles with the guards of each family. It was clear that they wanted to use the heads of each family as hostages and coerce all the families stationed in the outlying towns. The family's army obeyed the Siari family. At the critical moment, the Randolph family suddenly changed their stance. , knowing that the north was strong, they brought the leaders of each family into the secret room. After the northern army broke through the inner fort, they found that the heads of each family were missing. "Look for me immediately. This is the island in the middle of the lake, facing the lake on all sides, except for the stone bridge. If they can get outside, no one can escape! I don’t believe they can grow wings and fly.”

The head of the Siari family was furious and ordered a comprehensive search by soldiers. Ellensburg was formerly the summer palace of the Anstey royal family. As a royal summer palace, it is not unusual to have secret passages and secret rooms, but this secret passage can be traversed. It is absolutely impossible for the lake to go outside, so the heads of each family must still be on the island. These central and southern regions must still be on the island. The head of the family in the central region went back on his word and had no credibility at all. He had vowed to stand with him and fight the empire to the end, but then turned around and immediately united privately to remove himself from Ellensburg. Expelled, if he hadn't taken action first, he would have been tied up by them and sent to the imperial military camp! These disgusting guys should be shaved alive one by one.

The scope of the inner fort was only that big, only about five to six hundred meters. The soldiers formed a queue and swept through it like a comb. Soon, the searching soldiers found something wrong, in an extremely secret courtyard of the inner fort. Inside, the heavy door, which was heavily mottled and mostly covered with moss, was blocked by soldiers. After finding it, it looked like there should be some kind of cave under the gate. The color of the gate was dark gold, and there were spiraling and curved patterns on both sides of the gate. Some were like clouds, and some were like flowers. Although the patterns on it were confusing. I can’t understand it, but there are circular patterns that look like eyes on the left and right sides of the door.

The blond head of the Xiali family stood in front of the stone door and slashed it with a sharp sword. When he saw a red spark splashing, there was not even a mark on the door. At first glance, he It is certain that this gate is definitely not a product of the past few hundred years. It is most likely a relic of the Feiya Dynasty that was once powerful for thousands of years, or it is even older. It is hard to say.

The summer palace of the Anstei royal family actually has such a thing?

The head of Xiali's family glanced at the sword blade that was said to have some incomplete cracks in his hand. He opened his mouth slightly with an expression of disbelief. When other people next to him saw this scene, they also gasped. The head of the house said this Although the sword It is not a famous magic weapon, but it is also the work of Master Robben, a famous swordsmith in King Feize. The family owner spent a thousand gold to buy it from the auction house in King Feize. It was named after it. "Manghan", in the past few years, has also I don’t know how many swords have been cut off, but I didn’t expect that the edge would be cracked by a gate.” Patriarch, no matter how you look at it, it seems that this Ellensburg is built to cover up this gate. “Behind Patriarch Xiali One of his subordinates carefully He said, hearing his words, other people's faces were also surprised. They looked around, and the more they looked, the more frightened they became. The walls of the inner castle that were tightly sealed were obviously planted with dense vegetation on purpose. They wanted to kill this fan. The accessories of the door are average,

Is this possible? Even the head of the Xi Yali family thinks this is a crazy idea. A summer palace that a dynasty spent countless efforts to build, and it is also a fortress that the entire Hokuriku claims can never be conquered, is actually used to cover up a gate? "Master, it's better to be cautious. My subordinates think that this is the underground palace of the rumored King of Heroes." Someone also said with a solemn expression. This sentence was like a stone dropped into the calm lake. Suddenly, There were ripples, and other people's hearts suddenly exploded. "The underground palace of the King of Heroes?" "No way, isn't it a false rumor?" "Haha, at first they said that there were only weeds in the Summer Palace, so What is this? "

"The so-called underground palace legend of the Hero King has been circulating in the Hokuriku for more than two hundred years. No one thought that one day we would see it with our own eyes. More than two hundred years ago, the Hero King unified the North with the power of a hurricane in just a few years. Lu, established the Anstey Dynasty, and is regarded as the spiritual backbone of the entire Northland people. Some even say that if the Hero King had not died suddenly, there would not be Feize now.

The people around him began to boil. The morale and morale of the army, which had been somewhat affected, recovered at an extremely fast speed, even surpassing that of the King of Heroes, the founder of the Anstey Dynasty two hundred years ago, even though Feize had been trying his best. To discredit and belittle the Hokuriku people's own hero, the legend of the Hero King is still passed down orally among the Hokuriku people. This shows the influence of the Hero King on Hokuriku.

"The island in the center of the lake, the summer palace of the Anstei royal family, the underground palace of the King of Heroes, or maybe we really found something extraordinary." The head of Xiali's family's eyes were bright and frightening, and he licked his chapped lips with a ferocious expression. He was originally just looking for The heads of the families who were hiding did not expect such an adventure. If this was really the rumored underground palace of the Hero King, it would be something extraordinary.

It is said that the place where the hero king lived after being abandoned by his family when he was young was the location of the famous Red Maple City. At that time, it was just called the town of Etro. There were not so many red maples. At most, it was a beautiful place. He just painted a small town by the lake, and the young mayor who was dull and timid at that time was just a traveler. Children playing, the island in the middle of the lake where Ellensburg is located is said to be the young mayor's favorite place to be alone. For unknown reasons, the young man returned to the family and suddenly rose like a comet to become the head of the family. Pointed, invincible, established the Anstey Dynasty on the plateau of Barro in southern Europe

In the second year after the establishment of the dynasty, the heroic king personally ordered the construction of his summer palace on this island in the middle of the lake.

In fact, the area of ​​​​this island in the middle of the lake is not very large. Although it is picturesque, the transportation is inconvenient. It is actually not suitable as a royal summer palace. However, the Anstei Dynasty spent considerable manpower and material resources to build it here. A summer palace was built on an island in the center of the lake with stunning scenery. Rumor has it that this was not just for the scenery, but because there was a huge and mysterious underground palace beneath the island.

It was in this underground maze that the young Hero King met the prophet and gained great power. This underground palace contained the secret of the Hero King. In order to cover up this secret, the Hero King built the royal summer palace on it and also built it. The responsibility of guarding the Summer Palace was handed over to the most trusted guard family. It was not until more than a hundred years later that Feize's army invaded the Northland and the royal capital of the Anstei Dynasty was defeated. The only summer palace also persisted for more than half a year. Forced by the general situation, it chose to surrender to the Fezer royal family and asked the Fezer royal family to protect the last member of the Anstey royal family. The Fezer royal family agreed to the request and retained this member. The reason for the royal princess is not the so-called credibility, but because the royal princess is the last person in the Anstey royal family to master the secret of the Hero King.

After Feize's army occupied the Summer Palace, Marshal Feizer Malia, who was in charge of the northern campaign, immediately ordered a careful search of the entire lake center island. Finally, he concluded that the rumors of the King of Heroes were false, and there was no one on the island. What kind of underground palace can give people power, let alone the secret of the King of Heroes, on the contrary After a year of perseverance, the once prosperous summer palace has collapsed a lot, many buildings have been destroyed, the ground is full of rubble, and the entire fortress is desolate, except for the purple flowers blooming all over the ground. Weeds, as well as all kinds of excrement and garbage left by the defenders, there is nothing else

"The secret of the so-called King of Heroes was completely made up by the Anstey royal family to put money on their faces. The so-called King of Heroes is actually just an ordinary person with greater strength. The Anstey royal family deceived the entire Hokuriku. , there is no point in continuing to resist, no more King of Heroes will be born! "The Feize royal family vigorously publicizes to the outside world. As the so-called Anstey royal family is proven to be corrupt and incompetent and oppresses the people, the resistance in the entire Hokuriku is also rapidly reduced. In the hearts of the people of the Hokkiku, they persist in resisting because the King of Heroes is Their spirit lies in the heroes cultivated by the land of Hokuriku.

But now it has been proven that it was a lie. The Anstey royal family is a decadent royal family that completely ignores the life and death of the people.

For the resisters in the entire Hokuriku at that time, the King of Heroes was the flag they erected, but now this flag has brought shame to the entire Hokuriku, and the royal family even made them sad and burned the flag of the King of Heroes. Out of the mountains, out of the dense forests, Walked out of the Snow Valley and surrendered to the Fezer people. According to Fezer's records, in just five years after capturing the Hokuriku, the Fezer army executed more than 160,000 resistance troops. The entire Hokuriku resistance was destroyed. Finally, Hokuriku was incorporated into Fezer and became part of Fezer

For more than a hundred years, the Randolph family has been in Ellensburg, and as the tombkeeper appointed by the Fezer royal family to Princess Anstey, they even scoffed at the original rumors. Even if someone brought up the rumors of the King of Heroes, Randolph The Randolph family would also sternly refute that the other party was crazy. If there really was such a thing, how could the Randolph family not develop at all for more than a hundred years?

But there were always some people who refused to give up on the rumors. In the end, the Randolph family simply demolished the original bridge leading to Ellensburg, built a new small stone bridge, and added an extra layer to the outermost layer of the fort, with a third in the middle. The second floor is used as a living area, and one-third of the area inside the castle is declared to be permanently sealed. The Randolph family has made public announcements. It is said that this is the place where the coffin of Princess Ellens sits. If those who still have expectations for the King of Heroes, they should not disturb the peace of the last descendant of the King of Heroes. The entire Hokuriku knows that the Randolph family is The reason for the tombkeeper family of Princess Ellensburg is also reasonable. Thirty years later, the harassers in Ellensburg finally no longer have any

As time went by, the legend gradually turned into a joke, and the small town outside the island in the center of the lake became a densely populated Red Maple City.

In fact, for the Northland nobles who split from the Feize nobles, the secrets of each family are a kind of capital. Just like some people say that the ancestor of the Geng Di family was actually a man who was put on a metal veneer and was strictly ordered not to show his face forever. One of Fezer's twins, rather than the so-called insignificant side branch; and Geng Di The time when the family came to Hokkien was also King Bering, one of the kings of Feize who was famous for having many heirs. It is said that King Feize once ordered the execution of three twins, and the ancestor of the Geng Di family was the fourth. He was secretly sent out of the palace and grew up outside until he was eighteen years old before being sent to Hokuriku as a prisoner.

Some people say that the Taixi family was actually the cook of the Anstey royal family. Because he poisoned the banquet of the Anstey royal family, he poisoned Kiabenge, who was known as the first general of the Anstey dynasty at the time, which led to the Anstey dynasty. The 30,000 elites with the strongest fighting capacity mutinied and even switched sides, allowing Feize's army to break through the northward march in one fell swoop and break through the Anstei capital without any effort. Because of this credit, the ancestors of the Taixi family were defeated by Feize He was appointed to a lord family in Hokuriku;

Some people say that the second-generation head of the Ikaya family, Nayaco, was actually a hermaphrodite who disguised herself as a man, so she never married. In the end, she passed the family position to her nephew.

As a wealthy family, how can there be no rumors? If there are no so-called mysterious rumors, if there are not some awe-inspiring things, how should the four words of profound heritage be reflected? Every family in Hokuriku claims to have a profound background, and some families even make up all kinds of nonsense in order to show that they have extraordinary origins. Anyway, this is Hokuriku, and it is a place of exile for Feize Central. As long as each family does not object. Under Feize's rule, it doesn't matter what you say, as long as it doesn't involve the family's reputation, generally no one will pursue it too much.

But it's another thing when the rumors suddenly turn out to be true, not to mention the King of Heroes who is enough to make any monarch's heart flutter! "Haha, no matter what is inside, won't we know it if we break it open? Come here, prepare your wood immediately and break the door open for me."

Xiali's family's eyes were bright and frightening, staring at the huge stone door of the underground palace in front of him. All kinds of rumors about the King of Heroes were tumbling in the head of Xiali's family. At this moment, what else did he care about, looking at the two huge and thick stone doors in front of him. , Xi Yali’s house standing in front of the stone gate The blond head of the family's whole body was shaking slightly with excitement, and there was a weird grin on his lips. His current state was like a shot of stimulants. When Hokuriku was at its most dangerous, it was rumored that the King of Heroes was given to him. The mysterious underground palace of power appears in front of me, what does this mean! This means that you are blessed with luck! "Everyone, work harder and open the door." The officers of Xiali's family shouted excitedly. Their hearts were excited. Thousands of torches illuminated the surrounding area. "One, two, three!" "Bump"

In the red eyes of everyone, more than a dozen soldiers rushed towards the stone gate at high speed, carrying waist-thick black hammers. There was a dull echo, and the huge stone gate was obviously shaking. A large amount of gravel fell from high places like rain, huge I don’t know whether the stone gate has existed for too long, or the barrier behind the gate has been corrupted, and it is just that the stone gate is not connected. After more than a dozen collisions, amid a burst of shaking rubble, a stone door collapsed inward, revealing the dark entrance inside. A sound like flowing gravel came faintly from the entrance of the cave, and everyone His nerves suddenly became tense. He stretched his neck and opened his eyes wide. What is in the underground palace of the King of Heroes? But nothing can be seen in the black hole

"Torch, throw the torch in and see"

The head of Xi Yali's family shouted, the originally clear night sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds, the sky became dark, and the wind even blew around, one after another, so cold that everyone felt scared inside, rumbling, There was a flash of thunder in the sky, and the dazzling silver was like a sharp sword. There was a dull roar, a boom, a boom, the sound became louder and louder, as if a huge beast from the wild was roaring and roaring inside. A torch drew a beautiful arc in the air, flying towards the entrance of the underground palace. In the light of the fire, the entrance to the underground palace was like black. The stones were revealed, and at the entrance of the cave, dense black shadows suddenly flashed out.

"Attention, it's a mouse!" Someone saw the appearance of the object that rushed out clearly, and even made a sound of panic. It was true that the object that rushed out was a mouse, but one of them was so big that it was almost like a piglet. Inside the rat swarm, the surging rat swarm rushed past from both sides like a divided torrent.

The sharp teeth in the giant rat's mouth flashed under the moonlight, and the screams once again tore everyone's eardrums like a thunderbolt from the blue. Even the woods were trembling, and the bushes were blown down one after another. The Xiali Army soldiers who were caught off guard were As if caught in a storm, the giant rat swung its front paws. A soldier was sent flying several meters and fell heavily to the ground. He immediately died. Xi Yali's army raised their bows and pointed towards him. The giant rat shot an arrow. Seeing the flying arrows falling like rain, the giant rat shook slightly, and the arrows fell from its body one after another. It seemed like nothing happened. Facing the rain of arrows, the giant rat turned fiercely, trying to escape from here. Go, in front of its thick body, a bowl-sized miscellaneous tree was knocked down and broken. "Kill it, don't let it run away!"

The scene in front of him not only did not disappoint the Xiali family master, but made him even more excited. This was indeed the underground palace of the Hero King. Even a mouse could get such power. If it were a human, it would not be invincible. No wonder people said that the Hero King suddenly From weak to extremely powerful, it seems true!