Skeleton King

It is early autumn.

The tips of the weeds are a little yellow, the weather is no longer so muggy, and the wind at night is even a little bit cold.But this cannot stop noble girls and wives from wearing tube top long dresses, revealing smooth shoulders and a large area of ​​white skin on the back, calmly facing those amazed or envious eyes.

A grand banquet is being held in the palace of Finger.

From a distance, people could hear the dialects of various parts of the Finger Empire in the ballroom, and it is not an exaggeration to say that all the nobles of the entire empire have come here.

Numerous champagne, white wine, and red wine were placed in the shape of grimacing flowers by the attendants.This common wild flower blooms all over the palaces of the Finger Palace. They are not very expensive, but they contain infinite vitality.

Jon Austin is the eldest son of the Viscountess Austin who taught etiquette to Ace some time ago. He once followed the foreign minister of the Finger Empire and stayed in the Pansy Empire for several years. He enthusiastically expressed his thoughts at the banquet , "I don't think the pansy empire is invincible. They do look colorful on the outside, but they are much more chaotic than we thought."

"Ludwig IV is not old yet, but Prince Xiben of the Pansy Empire is already 25 years old. If his father dies of old age, he will not be able to sit on the throne until he is 60 years old." Ludwig IV He is a fourth-level swordsman, and it is normal to live to be 80 or 90 years old. Jon Austin doesn't think that a very ambitious man can wait patiently until that time.

Jon Austin looked for various opportunities to express his thoughts in front of the nobles with real power, "The Pansy Empire is not invincible, even without us, the royal family of Keosi will also have civil strife. I am in the Pansy Empire After living, their civilians are completely controlled, and the lords on the fief can decide their life and death at will, and some ancient families still enjoy the right of maidens."

A noble lady covered her mouth with a feather fan and couldn't help laughing.

Some dignitaries of the empire felt helpless against Jon Austin's naive thoughts, even though Jon Austin kept talking, "Our equipment is several times better than the Pansy Empire, and the number of knights is no less than theirs. , we still have something that the Pansy Empire doesn’t have—people’s hearts.” This also cannot conceal the fact that the Finger Empire is far from being the opponent of the Pansy Empire by itself.

Some people cast their eyes on the most unexpected guest at today's banquet in the middle of the ballroom.

Although some people had long guessed that there would be people coming to the magic island at the banquet where Prince Phil made his first appearance, when this scene was actually staged in front of people's eyes, everyone felt unbelievable.

There was a young man with long gray hair standing beside Princess Muse and Ace. He was dressed differently from other people in the banquet. He was wearing a very plain gray robe with no ornaments on his body.

The most recognizable thing about him is his long light gray hair and gray eyes. Most nobles in the Finger Empire have red hair, and a few families have black hair, such as the Finger family and the Black family.Such hair color and eye color are rare in the Finger Empire. When the young man first appeared at the banquet, many people speculated that he was from the magic island.

Princess Muse and Prince Phil accompanied the young man with long gray hair most of the time, which also confirmed this point.

The long-haired gray-haired envoy of the magic island showed a slight alienation between his brows. Even though Princess Muse smiled sweetly and kept saying interesting things, she didn't get his courtesy.The envoy from the magic island just looked at the corner of the banquet silently, his eyes indifferent.

Ace couldn't help but wonder if all magicians from Magic Island are like this, with weird personalities and ignorance of the world.But thinking of Bill, Ace silently dispelled this guess.

Princess Muse has rehearsed countless times with Ace about the various situations that may happen today. Only when the messenger from the magic island or Princess Muse brings the topic to him, Ace will answer.

Although the envoy of the magic island seemed to be less looking forward to the banquet than Ace, anyone with a little discernment could tell from his face that he felt that the banquet was a waste of time.But he does not resist communicating with Princess Muse and Ace, especially Ace.

Right now, they were talking about the World of Warcraft Forest.

"That was a dark time." Ace said: "Every few days, at most no more than a month, there will be cities destroyed by the beast tide. At that time, it was not like now, with a powerful empire like ours, and the common people were miserable. In other words, the nobles are also precarious. Until 229 BC of the Finger Empire, all the cities on the mainland signed an armistice agreement, and they decided to work together to eliminate the cancer on the mainland."

"Prince Phil thinks what the nobles did right at that time?" The young man with long gray hair looked at Ace and spoke in a cold voice.

Ace lowered his eyelashes and said lightly: "It's not wrong. Since ancient times, the blood debt of monsters and humans can't be finished for days and nights, but such an approach is still against the harmony of heaven."

At that time, the size of the World of Warcraft Forest was more than twice as large as it is now.The endless forest covers the sky and the sun, and the name of every powerful monster can stop a child from crying at night.The situation facing human beings is not only the plundering of resources, but also the crisis of the survival of the race.

It was Magic Island who stood up.

Magic Island commanded dozens of knight orders, and almost all the wizards on the mainland. They put at least 20 forbidden spells in the Warcraft Forest, and burned two-thirds of the forest.

During this period, countless high-level and low-level monsters died, and a large number of monsters were burned to death and scorched.

As a result, in the next few months, farmers near the Warcraft Forest don't need to cultivate, and just eat marinated Warcraft meat every day.

At the same time, because the area of ​​the monster forest, the habitat of monsters, has been greatly reduced, and the high-level monsters suffered heavy casualties, the monsters had to shrink their territory and retreat to the center of the monster forest.

Until now, the number of monsters in the forest of monsters is less than one-tenth of the peak period.

Warcraft can no longer cause harm to humans, but God has not made it easier for humans.

There is a severe drought.

The war in the west of the Prin Mountains lasted for a full 19 years. It was not until Alexander I came out and established the Pansy Empire that people barely settled down.

Unfortunately, a few years later, Alexander I died in a poisoning.

And the impulse of the Keouser family to pursue power seems to be engraved in their bones. Every time the new king and the old king alternate, there will be a bloodbath.

The east side of the Prin Mountains is not much better, there is famine everywhere, and the big nobles can't even support the Knights, let alone start a war.At that time, the Finger Empire was just like the current Territory of Chaos. Human life was the least valuable thing, and the destruction of any great power would only happen in an instant.

After waiting for 200 years, the Finger Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in the east of the Prin Mountains, was able to use money and food to buy land in the hands of many forces, and hired assassins and mercenaries to unify the eastern continent and establish the Finger Empire.

It's hard to say whether more humans died in the beast horde, or more humans died in civil strife.

Ace chatted with the envoy of the magic island again about some academic things, not to mention that the envoy of the magic island gradually changed his attitude towards Ace, even Ace was also impressed by the profound knowledge of the other party.

When Ace invited Princess Eugenia to the opening dance, he was still thinking about their conversation.Ace had to admit that under the fame of Magic Island, it was indeed extraordinary.

"Prince Phil doesn't need to be so restrained." After Ace left the dance floor and talked with the magic island envoy about how the magic island used needles and thread to help suture the wound, the magic island envoy said: "Prince Phil calls me Jacob Just fine."

The Finger Empire needs people from Magic Island to complete the contract, and Ace will naturally not reject the friendly hand extended by Jacob.

Ace said: "Then Jacob, you don't have to call me Prince Phil, just call me Phil."

Ace and Jacob were talking here, and there was a slight argument not far away from them, but in view of Ace and Jacob's extraordinary hearing, these words still reached their ears verbatim Li, "Oh, Jack, why even you are like this, we should fight for more rights for civilians, everyone is born equal."

Princess Muse brought Ace to meet many people today.Even without looking over, Ace could recognize the voice, Jon Austin of Viscount Austin's family.

Next to Jon Austin is Jack Martin, who was born in the Martin family, the Earl of Martin, and the old son of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is still in mourning at this moment, and he is wearing extremely simple clothes.

Jack Martin is very popular, and he is also familiar with Jon Austin, so even if he has just inherited the title of Earl Martin, he is already the Earl.Jon Austin treated him as usual, without honorifics.

At this moment, Jack Martin is advising Jon Austin, "No one at the banquet wants to talk about war. We need to rest, like Jon, have you failed to court a certain countess? You proposed to her in the garden, Did she reject you? I believe that if you talk about these things, a bunch of people will surround you. "

Jon Austin blushed with embarrassment, "Jack, how do you even know this?"

Jack Martin is the only son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If he wants to make money, he must not ignore the importance of intelligence.But Jon Austin didn't expect that Jack Martin even knew about his affairs with the countess, but he didn't tell anyone.

"Because noble ladies need your pursuit as their capital." Before Jack Martin could decide whether to tell Jon Austin the truth, someone suddenly appeared in front of them.

Jack Martin turned his head and was immediately taken aback. Standing in front of them was Jacob, and behind Jacob was the helpless Ace.It seems that Ace doesn't know why Jacob suddenly went to Jon Austin.

Jacob's words were blunt, "How did you come up with your whole talk about equality?"

Jon Austin was stunned for a while, and he didn't come back to his senses until Jack Martin squeezed his arm hard.

Jon Austin just didn't recognize Jacob, the messenger of the magic island, nor did he recognize the prince of his own empire, he stammered: "I, I think, everyone has parents and relatives, and we all look the same. Almost, they all have the same emotions, but in fact there is no difference."

Jon Austin was very annoyed in his heart.

Finally, he chatted with the envoy of Magic Island, and Prince Phil was also watching him, but he couldn't fully express his inner thoughts, he could only subconsciously say some very simple things.

Jacob was not angry or dissatisfied with his superficiality, but asked coldly: "You should be a nobleman, why would you think of fighting for the rights and interests of the common people. They have more, but you actually have less."

"I'm not saying that classes shouldn't exist. What I mean is that we can give civilians more opportunities. The civilians are ignorant, they don't know what they are going to, but we know." Jon Austin said: "I'm not saying Nobility should not exist, I mean commoners can be given more chances.

It was only after Jon Austin heard Jacob's question that he realized that he might have brought disaster to the family.How could he say this in front of the Envoy of Magic Island and Prince Phil?

Jon Austin had been in the Pansy Empire before, Viscount Austin couldn't reach him, he didn't teach him much, and his status in the embassy was extremely honorable, so no one would easily refute him.He had just returned to the Finger Empire, and he was mostly with his friends, and everyone was joking, thinking that he was just whimsical.

However, if everyone is born equal, why should Prince Phil sit on the throne in the future?

Thinking of this, Jon Austin felt his back dripping with sweat.

On this continent, the meaning of blood is above everything else.

Ace didn't pay attention to Jon Austin, he was amused by Jack Martin's reaction.

Jack Martin very clearly avoids Ace's gaze, perhaps "dodging in a hurry and embarrassed" is more appropriate.

This isn't the first time Ace and Jack Martin have met.

After Prince Bartholomew's identity was exposed in the Pansy Empire, Jack Martin and the Light Wizard came to find Prince Bartholomew. He was one of the few friends of Prince Bartholomew.

Before entering the Warcraft Forest, Ace and Jack Martin talked, not to mention the time they traveled together.

However, Ace didn't take Jack Martin's guilty look to heart. He only needs to mention it to Princess Muse, and Princess Muse will take care of the matter properly.

When being an opponent, Princess Muse is difficult to deal with, but when being an ally, she is very reliable.

It was Jacob, who turned around and looked at Ace blankly, "What does Phil think of what the imperial courtiers said?"

Princess Muse was on the dance floor at this time, and Ace was not very restrained towards Jacob, "The transformation of history always happens inadvertently. Thousands of years ago,

The crime of sodomy will be roasted on the fire, and the magic island is only a place for a few people to take refuge. Who would have known that the magic island can surpass the two empires and become the holy place in the hearts of all magicians on this continent.

A long time ago, apart from nobles, human beings only had slaves, not even commoners.And how can we know what the empire will look like thousands of years from now.Maybe the Finger Empire will also disappear, no history books will record us, and this continent will become what Mr. Austin said. "

There was a flash of surprise in Jacob's eyes.

Jacob is not as unsophisticated as he appears, otherwise Magic Island would not have sent him to the Finger Empire.Jacob just felt that Princess Muse and his imaginary Prince Phil didn't need him to bother too much.

Jacob thought he would meet a dark-hearted bastard, a guy who gloated over the death of the old king, Prince Bartholomew; or a coward, a marionette in the hands of Princess Muse.

Now, though, Jacobs thinks there are other possibilities.

Jacob pointed to the dark garden outside the ballroom, and asked, "Phil, do you want to talk alone?"