The Black Scepter

> "A desperate bet is not a good idea. What Balice can take out has basically been shown to the monarch, but it seems that they are not satisfied with ordinary gold and silver jewelry, and they do not look down on the magic of those enchanters. Props, to be honest, we have been passive. M"

Heto still took out a piece of parchment and read the above content, "The cost of this voyage is beyond imagination. If the burden is increased, the treasury can only maintain it for three years according to the current income. Fez... he can't deal with his strength at present."

"As far as the magician level is concerned, the existence of the Golden Compass Council makes it impossible for us to move him easily, but there are more than just these machines on that continent. The real powerful ones are completely comparable to the Council Masters, and even... they are even more powerful. The presence."

"But that doesn't mean that they will help Balice to eliminate some guys." Heto put away the parchment in his hands. "You know, guys who are strong enough to reach a certain level often don't care about gold and silver property or fear of power. ,they--"

Herto's words stopped suddenly, and His Majesty stopped the movement at the same time. Both of them just felt something wrong-because a huge shadow suddenly appeared outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window.

Almost at the same time, the door of the conference hall, which had been closed, was gently knocked.

His Majesty Hasselblad frowned, and his fingers lightly touched the Neapolitan magic steel dagger in his waist, while Heto took a step back and reached into his sleeve, pinching the few scrolls that were always on his body— -Although his strength is not worth mentioning, the value of these scrolls is enough to solve some crappy assassins in his hand.

"Come in."

Knowing that the next man would not knock on the wooden door at this time, His Majesty Hasu whispered.

The wooden door opened, but the comrade was far beyond his majesty's expectations-not only the identity, but also the image of the other party.

Murphy walked into this conference hall in plain clothes and said straightforwardly: "Somewhat surprised me why I came?"

Compared with the arrogant posture and fearlessness of the last time I came here, this time Murphy was not a frivolous young man, but he had a calm and unshakable posture. He stood in front of Hasselblad. On the shoulder, "I'm a little puzzled by the request made by your messenger."

"Or rather, it is very puzzled."

"Are you going to deny the fact that the elves settled in your territory?"

Hasselblad immediately understood the reason why Murphy came here, but he was surprised that Murphy came here a little bit too decisively. It stands to reason that the messenger team should have just arrived in Sisrin today, but now He had no time to investigate anything, so he had to hard-wire Murphy's "lightning strike".

"I think you have made a mistake," Murphy narrowed his eyes. He was almost the same as Hasselblad. His voice was also deeper than before. "Is there any elves in my territory? No, there seems to be no connection with the royal family."

"You live in Balice, and I am the monarch of Balice." Hasselblad tried to pull back a city, but Murphy, who came and went to the palace like a deserted man, did not move at all. He had no choice but to continue: "I just seek cooperation-a deal, not a strong buy and a strong sell."

"I understand that in the eyes of politicians the population can also be counted as commodities, but the point I need to make clear is that the elves in my territory, no one can move." Murphy was not interested in such unnecessary negotiations. Nonsense, "They are already the last elven group on this continent, and if I agree to your request, it is equivalent to profaning everything I believe in."

This sentence made His Majesty's face change for a while, but Murphy did not let the monarch not directly come to Taiwan, staying in the front line for a meeting in the future, leaving more of a future for himself than setting up an irreconcilable one. The importance of the enemy’s coming is that the last straw that overwhelms the camel comes from his unrelenting attitude towards someone. Although it broke into the palace, Murphy changed his attitude in the next step: " I don’t want to be completely in a stalemate with the royal family. After all, it’s not good for you and me. You have your needs. I have my needs. As long as there is no conflict, the royal family seems to be in urgent need of the “elves”. Cherish the species?"

His Majesty Hassu sighed imperceptibly, then sat on the throne and said: "The elves settled in Sisselin. I do not interfere. I just hope to exchange ten elves with resources. The purpose is very simple, for political diplomacy. thing."

Murphy grinned and said, "You don't have to think about it, I won't give it to elves, but when it comes to political diplomacy, it seems that when I came here, I saw a new fleet of ships staying in the seaside port?"

In fact, Murphy didn't see any fleet at all. The complete news came from the report of the creed. When Irindal returned, he immediately investigated the latest trends of the interior of the royal family. The fleet returned from the voyage. Naturally attracted the attention of Murphy-in the past, he did not understand what it means to link the words "voyage fleet" and "political diplomacy", but in the realm of the Dragon race, Corian taught him more than strength. It's that simple to improve.

"It seems that if the elves arrive in Buttigia, then they will embark on a voyage to another continent?" Murphy seemed to inadvertently mention this, squinting and looking out the window. This is a strategy that is always worth learning and executing, isn't it?"

At the moment, His Majesty Hasselblad felt cold. He did not expect that Murphy would really notice these minutiae and organize them to point to the point-he had to admit that the guy in front of him had already relied on his own force from the beginning. Leng Tou Qing with the backing turned into a true "lord".

"The fleet of the voyage did not gain much, but I think that the countries across the sea are necessary to establish diplomatic relations." Hasselblad squinted his palms open. "Conquest by force is not desirable, but it can represent the rare treasures of Balice. Unable to meet the needs of those monarchs, and the elves are the only ones I now think are sufficient."

"But you have a hard stubble, and there is no way to plunder by force, right?" Murphy pointed at himself like a joke, sitting in the armchair beside him, "so another way of saying, If I will give you the elves, what are the conditions you gave."

There seems to be hope?

Hasselblad raised his eyebrows. Although he knew that he was at a disadvantage, he still had to seize this opportunity-"Excessive taxes are all reduced, enough for Sisselin to use the three winter food reserves, and more territories."

Murphy did not say much about these non-specific conditions, but asked in a soft voice: "Sicelin City is going to open a magical academy. I know that "Phoenix", "Frost" and "Rock Dragon" are the pillars of the empire The three major colleges of the type, but in Sisselin, I want to build a college of sufficient size. What do you think of this?"

This sentence is equivalent to the conditions for direct opening. Hasselblad suppressed his inner ecstasy and hesitated after a moment, whispering: "Mage resources can be temporarily borrowed, but they will not be used by you in wartime, but it will cost you to start a college. The amount of money is indeed not a small number-to be honest, Sicelin’s current annual tax income is not enough to set up a magic academy for three years. If you want me to bear the costs, then I may need more than ten. Elves are at the expense."

"I didn't say to use elves to exchange with you, don't get this wrong first."

Murphy waved his hand and got up to signal that Hasselblad came down to the window.

Unexplained Hasselblad left the throne and looked out of the huge window of the conference hall-this could have directly overlooked the central garden of the entire palace and the Buttigia street further away, but at the moment, all this was taken by a huge Covered by the figure.

Hydera stood quietly in the center of the entire royal garden as if resting in his lair. It collapsed the beautiful fountain in the middle and collapsed the originally organized corridor. Its huge body basically filled this green plant. Even if the wings are closed, the garden still touches the tall towers in the palace on both sides.

Compared with the last performance of Hydera here, it has no teeth and claws at this moment, no screaming roar, just the six heads lazily looking at the room where Murphys is, this momentum is enough to make anyone unbearable. .

The security measures in the Royal Palace completely failed, and the mages, swordsmen, and knights no longer knew how to deal with the dragon in front of them-because each of its heads was as big as a house, and each tooth exceeded Due to the length of the knight's rifle, its volume has made the magicians do not know where to attack-what to do if one is hit in the head and five are left?

Fortunately, Hydera was motionless there, but everyone believed that as long as the dragon spread its wings, it would only be a matter of time before the palace was destroyed.

"You see, there is an orthodox dragon knight in your country, which is more effective than any magician, right? In terms of strategy, you now have an ace-oh, I’m not bragging, currently I can destroy the troop troop of any country on the mainland. You also understand what this means."

Murphy said very relaxedly, but it was another sentence that made the heart of His Majesty Hasu just warmed up to Bing Tuo-obviously His Majesty understood that the identity of Murphys can no longer be used as a "powerful mage" And "have Yalong pet" to summarize.

Damn it, this is a pure blood dragon! There have been no traces on the mainland for hundreds of years!

The shape of hundreds of meters has determined Hydera’s strategic position, and Murphy, who owns Hydera, has an unimaginable "worth" in the invisible-this time Hasselblad dare not treat him as an enemy. , Because that kind of consequence may directly cause the royal family to change its name and surname!

"Do you think this condition is excessive if you set up resources for a magical academy and share the logbook and the intelligence?" Murphy turned his head and said to His Majesty Hasselblad in front of the window.

"But you said you wouldn't exchange it with elves. Do you want me to pay for nothing?" Hasselblad tightened his eyes. Obviously he was already prepared for the worst in shock.

Morpheus did not answer directly, but took out a shining fruit from his robe.

The fruit from the tree of Hida.

"The only treasure that the elves carry is invaluable to humans. I think that what is contained in it should be understood by an orthodox high-level mage. If you doubt its value, you can leave it to the three magical academies Go study." Murphy gently lifted this fist-sized round fruit and put it on Hasselblad's palm. "I don't hand over the elves, but I choose to exchange them with you for the treasures that the elves treasure. You Do you think it works?"

"this is"

As a round table knight, Hasselblad, who has already passed the i-th rank, is not Murphy's opponent, but obviously he can also perceive the powerful soul energy contained in the fruit in his hands-this is not worth mentioning to Murphy As far as His Majesty Hasselblad is concerned, energy is a dew that can allow the strength to make great strides!

In other words, the fruit in hand is the best shortcut to break through the bottleneck.

Its value is not as great for professionals below the i-level as for the round table knight who has been stuck in the bottleneck for a long time. Obviously the effect of this fruit has hit the weakness of His Majesty Hasselblad. He slowly raised his head and said bluntly : "Just one?"

Murphy seemed to anticipate his reaction and reached out again to take out a fruit and gave it to the monarch: "This is the reward I got for my hard work. There are three in total. I took one to prove it. Its value, the other two are suitable for other resources, isn't it?"

He cleverly blamed the reason for his soaring strength on the role of this fruit, and cut off the reason why the emperor continued to open his mouth.

"I will hand it over to the three colleges for research. If you approve of its value, then everything is easy to say." Hasselblad experienced the ups and downs of his heart within a few minutes. Although he did not get the elves, he has now obtained more precious fruits in his opinion -This result should have been considered the best negotiation result for both parties.

"Then I will not say more about the follow-up matters. I think I need a hand to let your messengers return, and then I will continue to be busy with my own affairs," Murphy stepped back and stood in front of the window sill. Said, I will put the two fruits in your hands first, and there will always be a sincerity in the transaction, right?"

It's really "sincere" enough.

His Majesty Hasu couldn't help but scolded himself, but nodded, believing that he accepted the result. He took the pen and paper from Heto and wrote it to the Murphys.

"Our cooperation will continue if you are willing to maintain this friendship."

Murphy grinned, turned over and jumped out of the window sill, and jumped directly over the huge dragon head of Hydera, and then disappeared into the afterglow of the sunset in the fierce airflow fanned by the dragon wings.

Lilith's days in Sicelin were a little bit depressed.

She confessed to the guy she liked, but the results she got were neither good nor bad-rejected? Well, Lilith didn't seem to be surprised by this result, but she was obviously rejected, but her psychology was not desperate.

It seemed that after thinking for a long time, she realized why she felt this way. It was because Murphy did not abandon anyone coldly in her heart. Many times, feelings are not something that can be qualitative in one sentence or two sentences, for example Does Murphy like herself?

Lilith can be sure he likes it-so as for the others, what do you do so much?

Walking in this gradually developed city, Lilith, as a Byzantine, also experienced a "exotic style", eat some snacks, try on some beautiful dresses, and walk from the dark Arantis After she came out, she was also in a lot of sunshine, but just after returning to Earl’s Court, she saw an elf in white and red robe standing in front of her eyes.

According to the official business of Irindal, he raised his hand and handed a letter to Lilith: "Letter from Byzantium."

After finishing this sentence, she passed by Lilith, and the coldness of not even looking at it made Lilith inexplicable, but she was not stupid, knowing that the elf who had just walked in front of her was in the territory of Murphys. The head of the intelligence agency is, logically, a figure of the Duke of Azshara-but when she thinks of the frosty Duke, she looks a little weird.

As he walked, he ripped open the letter in his hand. The wax seal had the emblem of the Lankinus family, indicating that the letter was written by his prince’s father, but the content surprised her a bit. There I learned that I had come to the city of West Sellin. UU read www.uukanshu.com but had never made any request, but this time Byzantium seemed to prepare a grand celebration to celebrate the West facing the sacred Gabriel The empire battles and north face the victory of Kaslandi and Nale.

The scale of this celebration has been unprecedented in scope, and Byzantium has not had a similar celebration in decades. Prince Hades said very seriously that the continuous war has led to the emergence of countless upstarts and the withdrawal of old nobles. The followers of the empire's political situation have changed a lot, and as the prince's daughter, Lilith should start thinking about her marriage at this moment.

"What a marital problem is really annoying."

Lilith pouted and skipped that paragraph with a headache, and then saw a "heavyweight" content-the Byzantine emperor was going to hold a "feast" to stimulate people to participate in this event, this is also a A good time for Murphys to slow down his crimes and restore his prestige-every time such an event, the emperor will launch an "amnesty", and prison prisoners will be sentenced or even released

And this is an excellent opportunity for Murphy, who committed "treason", "blasphemy", and is characterized as "heretics"-to accept the personal pardon of the imperial monarch, if the time is right, then Murphy It is not a fool's dream to restore his original identity. (..)