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Chapter 181 Our goal is to—

"Eight?" Cecil said dully, "No, why did they just agree?"

In the conference room, the royal knights all looked at their king with strange eyes.

"You thought they wouldn't say yes?" Oakes asked.

"I think at most one or two." Cecil said puzzledly, "Why did you agree to this? Am I famous?"

"You are unique in terms of the length of your name." Russell sarcastically first, then frowned, "Is there some conspiracy?"

Everyone looked at Langdon. The big cat was frowning and staring at the parchment. He probably realized that there was no sound in the room. He raised his head and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"

"What plot did you discover?" Cecil asked.

"Huh?" Langdon looked blank, "What are you talking about?"

Cecil also looked confused: "What are you looking at?"

"I was talking to Burton," Langdon said. "I want to borrow someone from him."

"Oh?" As soon as he mentioned people‖** Silton suddenly became energetic, "How many people can he send there?"

Langdon laughed: "No, I just want to ask him some people to deal with the scene, otherwise when other kings come, it's just us here, it's too shabby."

Cecil looked around the room, then looked at the door, and said, "It's not possible, if you can't do it, let's dress up Guangshu and the others."

Not to mention how strange Langdon's expression was, Oakes and Russell also lowered their heads, holding back their smiles.

"Are you sure?" The big cat's face had already clearly written the words "I don't think so".

Cecil suddenly felt a little guilty, and asked, "Then what, will this have any real impact?"

"That's not the case." Langdon said, "It's just that the king's face is a little damaged."

"Hey." Cecil suddenly felt relieved when he said this, "Can face be eaten?"

"Sometimes the king's face can be eaten." Langdon responded first, and then sighed, "However, our civilization is still very young, so it's okay not to be too high-profile, just a few of us to support the scene. "

Cecil nodded, and the matter was revealed. He never expected that there would be a day when he would regret it. At this time, his mind was full of whether it was possible to get the steam engine out before the eight kings came. Orders for steam engines can be easily received, and this thing involves too many industries. Even if it costs a lot of money to use magic to trace the production process, it will be difficult for organizations without an industrial foundation to replicate it.

Sigh, let's scold the flame goblins again today. The number of people has increased, but the efficiency has not increased at all.

Cecil stared at the list for a while, and said with some doubts: "Speaking of which, one of the original top ten countries is St. Panier, right? Why is it gone?"

"Saint Panier is no longer one of the thirty city-states and ten countries." Langdon said slowly, "From the day when the magic energy is determined to be irrecoverable and the reason cannot be found, it will be permanently removed from the list."

Sure enough, all fame must be obtained by strength, once one falls from the altar, the wall will push everyone down.

Cecil didn't have any regrets, it would be better if the slavery country perished.

"But there are still eight countries here..." Cecil asked.

Langdon reached out and pointed towards a "Black Sea": "This is a newly added country."

Cecil stared at the name for a few seconds: "Is there really a Black Sea in this country?"

"Yes, it is indeed a black sea." Oakes said with a smile, "I have also played in it."

"Huh? Is it a country dominated by tourism?" Cecil said in surprise, "This is quite rare."

"It's not tourism. This Black Sea contains mana. Although it's not as exaggerated as a mana well, it's just right for mages. There won't be drunkenness or madness. However, the mana in the Black Sea cannot be extracted and can only be extracted." So many mages go here regularly." Langdon explained, "This country has quite a few citizens who are good at defensive magic, guess why it became like this?"

"Perhaps in history, there are often other countries that want to invade them." Cecil said with a smile, "Are they now the top defensive magic?"

Langdon nodded with satisfaction: "The top users of all kinds of defensive magic are from the 'Black Sea'. However, their evaluation has not been high, but their defense is not something to be awe-inspiring. Panier is almost the same, except that Saint Panier is very respectful to Losher and Crandall, and they are just average, so Saint Panier will become one of the top ten countries."

"What's the use? Once it's useless, it won't be slaughtered as a pig. Alexander also said that Saint Panier was evil, so he turned his face and refused to recognize people." Cecil said disdainfully, "A small country among big countries is Wipe the mats."

"The area of ​​St. Panier is not small," Langdon said.

"It doesn't refer to area, it refers to hard power. For example, magic must be one of the criteria of hard power here." Cecil added.

Russell smiled: "One?"

"Hmm." Cecil replied confidently, "It may have been the only one in the past, but it won't be in the future."

The royal knights exchanged glances with a smile, and said nothing more. In any case, it is always good for the king to be proud. Easy-going is not the quality that the king needs.

Langdon patted the parchment and said, "These people didn't come all at once. They are scheduled to stay for about a week within three days, and there are no more than 15 people from each country. You should hurry up and memorize the names of the king and important people. There's still half a month left, can it be done?"

Cecil looked down, and the dense words on the parchment scroll almost didn't dazzle his eyes: "Uh, can't you remind me on the spot?"

"When the king is talking to the king, it would be rude for Wang Qi to speak out." Langdon said, "Hurry up and remember, I will test you in a few days!"

Cecil: "..."

I have to take an exam after becoming a king, what am I trying to do?

The top ten countries are quite easy to remember: Crandall, Tambuneta, Roche, Great Kingdom of Glory, Alpha, Black Sea, Elma Coastal Alliance, Holy Thunder, Saint Benze, Roa Forest.

Due to the special organizational form of the Elma Coast Alliance, both the east and the west are included, so there are often eleven countries, but they are still called the ten countries.

St. Benze owns the Mana Well No. 2, which is also the place to send the ancient survivors "back to their hometowns".

Holy Thunder is a country where the god of civilization is extremely prosperous, but it has a strange relationship with the dragon clan, the darling of magic, in secret. The former city lord of Beers escaped foolishly and was secretly handed over to the dragon clan. His head became the decoration of the dragon island pier.

At present, there is no country in the Southern Continent that has entered the top ten countries. It used to be, but after the disintegration of this country, it split into three countries. So far, the three countries have claimed to be among the top ten countries, but no one has admitted it.

It seems that Cecil found a strange thing: "Why are High Court and Green Bank not counted? Don't these two master the top-level field of a type of magic, and there are dragons, dragons are powerful enough, right? It didn't count either."

"They are races and cannot be counted in the country," Langdon said.

"What's the difference? A single race can also establish a country." Cecil didn't understand.

Langdon seemed to be a little puzzled: "I don't know about this, but since the name of the Ten Kingdoms came out, everyone counted it that way, and the elves and dragons have never expressed dissatisfaction. It is really strange to think about it now."

Apart from these, Cecil didn't find anything special, and the days passed by like this. On September [-]st, the first country, Luoxie, will come.

Cecil remembered the first time he heard that Loschere had just invented paper. The king of Loschere issued a proclamation seeking a solution to his "private health problem". Not much to gain.

Now, he knew that King Luoxie had a cavalry, and he was very fond of him, so it was easy for him to think about it.

"What does King Loser look like?" Cecil remembered to ask after standing at the gate of the city, "Is he handsome?"

"Well, King Losher is a human being." Langdon said, this sentence made everything clear, "Anyway, you can recognize him at a glance, he is different from you."

Cecil looked around, he was really not that conspicuous under the "flanking" of three tall and handsome handsome men.

Today, everyone is wearing formal uniforms. The royal knights are dressed like a mobile gem stand, shining in the sun, and only the thousands of people from the Gay Knights can hold back such a flamboyant uniform. up.Although Cecil also wore formal attire, but under his strong request, the attire was made of black silk. It was cool, but the black was too inconspicuous. He stood in the middle of a group of people like a black hole. With black eyes, the whole person is almost submerged by the flash of light.

It was just a simple robe, and Langdon didn't need to help him put it on, but during the process of putting it on, Langdon stood aside and sighed, asking "change it" from time to time, if it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't stand the hot weather Wrapped into rice dumplings, they were almost defeated by Langdon's pitiful strategy.

What's wrong with silk clothes, wasting mana slots for cooling is simply too full to eat, and two kings are coming today, so mana slots should be reserved for emergencies!

In addition to the preparations made by the leadership, the businessmen in the entire Middle Kingdom also knew about this: the eight magical countries will bring countless big businessmen to Moon City, such an opportunity does not come often!

Businessmen across the country went crazy, and many even borrowed money to expand production. The farm worked all night before the visit, slaughtering livestock to make semi-finished food and putting it in the ice cellar.

Of course, Cecil will not let go of the method of making ice with saltpeter. With the research institute, this kind of gadget is still within reach, but when he happily asked the research institute to make gunpowder, the person in charge of the research center told him that the hot weapon branch No employee has been found so far, and everyone has no idea about thermal weapons, so he had to put it down first.

As for industries that do not need to consider storage issues, they started working overtime as early as half a month ago. Everyone looked exhausted. The bosses paid three times the wages, including myself, working 24 hours a day, and the goods piled up. To the ceiling of the warehouse.

Only then did Cecil feel the heavy pressure on his shoulders. He was the "seller" and businessmen all over the country were staring at him. Don't worry, for some "traditional" commodities, such as soap, paper, etc., these bosses will not have to go bankrupt by then, and there are not enough high-rise buildings here to jump.

Every day in Moon City, everyone who met Cecil greeted with a smile, "Your Majesty, will there really be so many people here?" "Your Majesty, how many people do you think I should prepare? Is 500 enough?" , "Your Majesty, the warehouse is almost full, please approve more commercial land", and so on, he dared not go out in the last few days.

Speaking of which, why did you invite these kings in the first place?

When Cecil was squinting his eyes and recalling the cause and effect, a puff of smoke and dust blew in his face.

At this time, Cecil and his party were at the west gate of Moon City. The countries in the west came through the Ebu Tunnel. At this time, the northeast wind was blowing on the grassland. They were standing in the downwind place, so there should be no smoke and dust head-on. come.

When Cecil was wondering, there was a burst of low footsteps, as neat as a person, and the sound of metal armor rubbing against each other sounded at the same time, swishing and swishing very rhythmically.Within the field of vision, a large puff of smoke rose unnaturally from the ground, moving towards Moon City.

"Someone is coming?" Cecil asked, cheered up, "Why is this smoke moving against the wind?"

"Because this is not naturally formed smoke and dust." Langdon said dumbfoundingly, "it's a magical method."

Cecil asked suspiciously: "Is this Alexander coming? Is it him?"

"It's him," Langdon said. "Be steady, my dear Majesty."

Cecil puffed out his chest unconsciously, staring at the billowing smoke with wide eyes.

Suddenly, the smoke seemed to stop, and after that, a row of soldiers in full-body armor broke through the dust, the metal gleaming coldly in the sun, and the steps of these soldiers were as uniform as a single person.The full body armor was very heavy. Cecil had worn it before. He couldn't run with this world standard thick full body armor. He couldn't even lift his legs, so he could only move in small steps.

These people in front of them not only have the same landing point of each step, but even the height of their legs is the same. One can imagine how strong a person wearing armor is.

This is not over yet.

The first three rows of soldiers held their spears in one hand, pointing the spears at the sky. From the fourth row on came the cavalry, including the horses, all wrapped in metal. The three rows of heavy cavalry marched side by side, like a moving fortress. The armors on their bodies are engraved with various patterns and carvings, which are extremely gorgeous. The scarlet cloaks are embroidered with complicated patterns, which are so long that they cover the horse's buttocks. decorations.

After these, there was a strong man riding a tall horse. His golden armor made him extremely conspicuous, coupled with his unusually strong figure, if the horse was not tall enough, it felt like he could crush the mount.

Cecil now understands why Langdon said "recognizable at a glance". If Langdon hadn't said that King Losher was human, he would really have thought that this guy had giant blood.

Too fucking tall? !What did you grow up eating? !

Not far behind Alexander was a man riding a horse, wearing the classic uniform of the Gay Knights. His indistinguishable face showed his identity.

Behind the king and the king's cavalry were three rows of heavily armored knights and three rows of fully armored soldiers, followed by various carriages, presumably merchants.

"Didn't it say there were no more than 15 people?" Cecil approached Langdon anxiously as he was still far away, "There are almost 100 people, right?!"

"Squires and guards are not human beings." Langdon replied calmly.

Cecil: "..."

On the other hand, in the Middle Kingdom, apart from Cecil standing in front like a black hole, there are only three shining kings behind him, and then there are Guangzhi, Guangwen and Guangshu, all dressed in ordinary clothes and with dull expressions.Russell and Oakes put their heads together, they didn't know what interesting topic they were talking about, and at the same time they made a wretched "hey hey" sound.Although Langdon stood upright with a smile on his face, judging from his empty eyes, his thoughts had probably drifted away. After dating for so long, he could still see this little habit.

What's wrong with me here!

Cecil regretted it at this moment, regretted it very much, he should have listened to Langdon's words and found someone to support the scene, but now it was too late to say anything, since both of them could see each other, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and greet him.

Soon, Alexander's heroic "guard of honor" arrived in front of him, and the closer they got, the more it seemed that these guys were ridiculously tall.

Cecil was born in the Gay Knights. Gay knights are already above ordinary people. He heard that there are real gays who are not allowed to become formal knights because of their height. They are only allowed to be logistics administrators. Even so, Luo Xie and his party were still taller than them, and Alexander himself was like a mountain, estimated to be two meters.

Cecil had to raise his head to look at people, which made him very uncomfortable. Fortunately, Alexander quickly got off his horse, swayed his armor and walked over quickly, with open arms and enthusiastically said: "Your Majesty the Central King, Thank you for your invitation!"

As soon as the words fell, Alexander gave Cecil a firm hug. He felt like being hugged by a bear. He couldn't move at all, and the food he ate in the morning was about to be squeezed out.Fortunately, such contact was only fleeting. Alexander let go of his hand and said with a smile, "I really didn't expect you to agree to my plan so quickly. We will surely become kings who will be remembered forever!"

I haven't promised to double row with you yet!

Cecil finally calmed down, and hurriedly said: "I invited you here to discuss this matter in detail, and I haven't made it clear yet!"

"Huh?" Alexander was stunned for a moment, and soon recovered his enthusiastic attitude, "It doesn't matter, we have time to talk slowly, can we go to the city?"

"Of course." Cecil wished to stay away from this guy. Facing a wall, he really needed to adjust his mentality. "The servant will guide you."

This set of meetings is over. As for why Alexander didn't go to see Cecil, it was because Cecil was the inviter. Langdon also said that this would not lose his status. As for Cecil going to see Foster III , because he went directly in a sneaky manner. If Foster III issued an official invitation letter, he would have greeted him outside the city gate of Arge.

Of course, part of the reason is that there is no imperial palace and honor guards in Yuecheng, so it is impossible to show off.

In any case, Cecil was fooled by the reception. At this time, the king's cavalry and attendants were just background boards, and only the two kings could really talk. Luoxie was so strict in hierarchy, especially In a country that pays attention to superiority and inferiority, even Wang Qi can only bow his head and salute, and cannot intervene.

Langdon had rehearsed for Cecil in advance, and he had successfully passed the test. The matter should have ended. Unexpectedly, when the two kings were about to leave the city, an indistinct dragon chant came from the sky.

Everyone raised their heads at the same time, it was not yet autumn, the hot weather was not particularly unbearable due to the plateau monsoon, but there were no clouds at all, and a row of small black spots were rapidly approaching in a pure blue.

Today, according to the schedule, two kings are coming, Luoxie is in the morning, and Holy Thunder is in the afternoon.

He really didn't know much about Cecil the Holy Thunder, and Langdon didn't dare to make up too many lessons for him, for fear that he might not be able to remember. When he saw those small black dots, he thought it was some kind of magic. Surprised it was a dragon.

The Dragon Clan does not allow creatures of other races to ride on them, except in extreme cases, such as "a good friend is dying and must see a master healer thousands of miles away." Holy Thunder does have a good relationship with the Dragon Clan secretly, but it is not so good that it is public Occasionally ride a dragon, right?

When Cecil was in a daze, the row of small black dots suddenly accelerated. Acceleration in the air is more convenient than on the ground. In an instant, the seven-headed dragon was close at hand. Unlike the dragons Cecil had seen, the speed of these dragons The colors were more mixed, a bit like clothes stained with mud, and when he got closer, he realized that the two dragons in front were not carrying people, and the dragon carrying people was a bit different, more than the dragons he had seen. Smaller in size and more animalistic in action.

When the seven-headed dragon fell to the ground, a huge cloud of smoke and dust engulfed Rochester's guard of honor. Langdon's hand slightly pushed forward, and the smoke and dust were blocked by an invisible wall in front of Cecil and Alexander.

The man riding the dragon jumped down. He was a middle-aged man with phoenix eyes, a high nose bridge, and a long beard that was braided into a small braid on his chin. His figure finally looked like a human being. He said solemnly: " I am very sorry, Your Majesty the Central King, my mount flew too fast and I arrived a little early." He seemed to glance at Alexander casually, "Ah, Your Majesty Tuke, are you here?"

"Yeah, I'm so old, you should see it in the sky." Alexander sneered, "Or is it that the dragon flies too fast, and your eyesight is failing because of your age?"

"How could it be!" The king of Holy Thunder smiled, "Even if I can't see, my two real dragon guards can still see. Dragons have very good eyesight."

Cecil is now certain that only two of the seven dragons are dragons he knows, and the rest are probably animals.

Sure enough, the two dragon guards looked over with their huge eyes following the words. Even a strong man like Alexander couldn't help being suffocated and his eyes wandered.

When Cecil was thinking about adjusting the atmosphere of the two "Party A", there was a sudden movement on the wall behind him, and then a familiar voice sounded: "Hey, why are you here?"

Looking back, a pure white little dragon was lying on the city wall without any image.

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