Riding and slashing the stars of empire civilization

When they figured out what Milin wanted them to do, these members of the Neretse family and their vassals all acted as if they were about to be taken to the execution ground.

But fortunately, my legs were so weak that I needed help from my companions to stand firm, and it wasn’t so bad that I wet my pants.

...Perhaps those who would be frightened to the point of peeing their pants have already been frightened to death by the previous sacrifice scene.

The reason why these people react so strongly is because they regard Milin's order as asking them to die... Generally speaking, "It's time for you to be loyal" symbolizes a narrow escape from death, or a mission with no chance of death.

The only one who performed well, who could keep his expression steady even if his legs were weak, was Peng Tong, who claimed to be the current patriarch of the Neretse family.

I saw him saying to Milin in a very serious tone:

"Since it is Lord Inbrador's order, we have no right to refuse, but one person should be enough, right?"

"Well, that should be enough." Compared with just now, when he didn't take the other party seriously at all, Milin looked at the clan leader in front of him with slightly surprised eyes.

Before the other party said the second half of the sentence, Milin already knew what the other party was thinking.

"Then let me go first." Peng Tong said with a fearless expression.

"Interesting." Although the way the patriarch begged for mercy was interesting just now, the way the other party looked now was even more interesting.

Although I don't know whether the other party's attitude is based on a noble's sense of honor or the protection of his family behind him, at least the patriarch is acting very manly now.

"Untie him." Milin ordered the Darahan cavalry holding him to untie him, and then ordered the soldiers to put him in more decent clothes.

It's not too luxurious clothing, just a set of cavalry armor used by the Imperial Guards.

Underneath his clothes, the patriarch, who looked extremely downcast just now, immediately turned into a heroic general... Perhaps because of the war, most people in this world are quite virtuous.

Patriarch Peng Tong, who was forcibly put on a layer of cavalry armor, was a little confused. He had seen decapitated people before, but never seen decapitated clothes.

"The way you looked just now is not suitable for meeting His Majesty the Emperor." Milin said with a smile.

"...Thank you very much, Your Highness Yingbai Lado." Peng Tong, who was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Milin meant, bowed slightly.

"Go, the emperor is waiting for you on the other side." Milin pointed at the portal that was the same as the crack in another dimension and said.

After hearing Milin's words, Peng Tong first turned his head and glanced at the family members and vassals behind him with reluctant eyes, then straightened his helmet with sad eyes, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He rushed into the interdimensional crack in front of him in one go.

Because he rushed too fast, coupled with the dizziness caused by the spatial displacement, the patriarch almost lost his balance and fell to the ground when he rushed out of the portal on the other side.

Fortunately, Alori, who was waiting at the entrance of the portal, gave him a little support. The fifty-year-old patriarch only stumbled a bit and did not really fall into the mud.

The clan leader stood firm and subconsciously touched his body to make sure there were no missing parts. Then he opened his eyes and happened to see Ella standing in front of him.

Because she arrived in a bit of a hurry, Ella was wearing a Roman home-style purple toga, but luckily she didn't forget to put on the crown inlaid with the Mountain of Light.

I don't know if it was because of the crown or Ella's own aura of emperor. Peng Tong, who immediately recognized Ella as the new emperor, knelt down without much hesitation.

And it's not the military commander's salute of kneeling on one knee, but the kind of kneeling used when a vassal becomes a retainer, while leaning forward with his head down and bowing to the ground.

It's really hard for him to pose like this while wearing a knight's armor.

Ella did not stretch out her legs to let the other party complete the last step of this pledge of allegiance, which is to kiss the toe of the shoe... Because she left the house too quickly, Ella is still wearing plush slippers.

He just said with a condescending attitude: "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Peng Tong stood up immediately and stared at Ella with slightly fanatical eyes.

As a member of the Neretse family, Peng Tong's first reaction after seeing Ella was that she was definitely not some country girl who was just pushed to the front desk. She was a real person. Theoretically, her bloodline was severed. A direct descendant of the Neretses family.

This is why he uses retainer etiquette instead of vassal etiquette.

This gesture also means that the position of head of the Neretse family was handed over to Ella by Peng Tong.

Recalling his previous words, Peng Tong suddenly became nervous, but before he could think of how to defend himself, the Darahan cavalry who had just escorted him also walked out of the portal behind him.

"Give me a moment..." Milin, who walked across the portal, said to Peng Tong.

Peng Tong quickly stood aside and looked at Milin with grateful eyes.

He was grateful because he understood that his and other imperial nobles' guesses that they thought were correct were just nonsense.

The new emperor's aura is so full, there is no shadow of a puppet emperor.

Could it be that the stories made up by the bards in the tavern were true, and that Milin, the Cathay mercenary, really fell in love with His Majesty the Emperor who was living among the people, so that he helped His Majesty regain his throne?

Milin, who sensed the little old man's thoughts, glanced at him speechlessly. Milin really wanted Aila to be the real emperor, and he was also an emperor at the level of a ball captain.

But Ella didn't want to do this.

Until now, Ella thought that she was promoted to the throne by Milin. Being the emperor was just a new job.

Ignoring the patriarch who had begun to transform...or rather, the former patriarch, Milin walked up to Ella and said:

"I'm back, how's it going?"

"You can see for yourself." Ella glanced at Milin angrily and said.

She was upset because she was flown over directly by Gray Wind in order to cooperate with this scene.

As for why they flew here, on the one hand, the distance between the palace and the Colosseum is not close, and on the other hand, it would be impossible to get there without flying.

The entire large area collapsed, but the portal was still floating steadily in the air.

In order to have a foothold, Gray Wind raised a platform from the ground that was almost the size of a football field.

In other words, the current location of the portal is at the top of a lonely tower erected in a large void.

Standing on the edge of the tower and looking down, you can see the reflection of a modern metropolis...but it doesn't have the neon sparkle of a modern city.

All in all, the whole scene looks incredibly magical.

After confirming that the portal was usable, except for Arthur and some soldiers who stayed on the other side, the other troops all returned to the imperial capital through the portal.

Among these soldiers, the Imperial Guards and veterans who were natives of the Imperial City all exclaimed in surprise when they saw the completely changed Imperial Capital.

Looking at the increasingly crowded platform, Ella, who was thinking about whether several Golden Gate Bridges should be built on this platform, sighed, and then said to Milin without being angry anymore:

"Just come back."

"Hmm...huh?? Hmm!!" Milin was about to say that he would go to bed first and talk about other things when he got up, when he suddenly noticed that there was one person missing.

"???" Ella, who didn't know what Milin was surprised about, also showed a confused expression.

"Where is my apprentice?"

"???"

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