Thales couldn't help but feel nervous.

Sure enough, a loud voice sounded from the group of people:

"In the name of His Majesty Noon Walton VII, King of Exeter..."

"I am here to welcome visitors from a foreign country."

A man with a shaved head, a tough appearance and a cold face, pursed his lips tightly at Thales, squinted his eyes for a few seconds, and then said calmly:

"Your Majesty is looking forward to your arrival."

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the Stars."

Thales clenched his fists.

coming.

Nicolai laughed and stepped forward to hug the leader.

"Have you completed your mission, dear leader of the guard, my friend Nicolai?" the man asked softly, seemingly meaningfully.

"Of course," Nikolai said with a hint of authenticity: "The Prince of the Stars we want is already here."

Thales frowned and watched the exchange between the two.

Then, the leading man with a curly hair came to Thales and saluted him.

"Welcome to Exeter and her most dazzling and glorious pearl - Longxiao City, His Highness Thales from the Stars."

Thales thought of Gilbert's teachings and Putilai's tips on the road, and quickly smiled in return.

He looks like a bureaucrat, but his body - Thales thought: more like a warrior.

In other words, almost all men in the North look like warriors?

"I am Lord Byrne Michael," said the stern-haired Northland man, about forty or fifty years old, wearing thick robes and with a serious look on his face: "Before receiving the title, I was also a member of the White Blade Guard. Now

As an official of His Majesty Nuen, I will be responsible for arranging all the reception matters for you in Longxiao City."

"Thank you for your reception, Lord Michael." Thales nodded, confirming his judgment in his heart.

"Allow me to introduce it to you who are here for the first time." Michael turned around with a straight face and raised his hand towards the majestic palace behind him: "The residence of the lords in the North from ancient times to the present, from the humble mountain houses in the era of kings to

, to the stone fortresses of the imperial era, and then to the majestic palaces of today.”

"For thousands of years, it has witnessed the history of the North, the rise of Exeter, and the children of the North Wind and the Dragon, prosperous and endless."

Michael said the next words solemnly:

"The Palace of Heroes."

Palace of Heroes?

The meaning of this name...

Is it really suitable for a living lord to live in?

Thales was startled, then slowly raised his head.

It was a huge palace with simple style and heavy color, grand layout and rough shape. It was built on the mountain. Even from the ground of the inner city where he stepped, it was nearly eight or nine stories high. The building materials were also quite unique——

Huge wood, rough stones, animal skins, and metals are all stored in it, and in many places they are even roughly polished.

Typical Northland style, powerful, bold and wild.

In front of the huge palace gate, there are ten pillars more than ten meters high, supporting the majestic palace roof. The pillars are engraved with stories of the heroes of the North through the ages. The carving style is simple and unrestrained.

On the road from the inner city to the palace gate, there are eight furnaces several meters high. Even in broad daylight, the fire is burning brightly, seeming to illuminate the small square in front of the palace gate all day long.

The surroundings were surrounded by tall, fierce-looking White Blade Guards and Longxiao City guards. Different from the orderly and strictly distributed guards in the stars, their positions seemed scattered and their patrols were irregular. But after Ada's reminder, Tai

Only then did Erls suddenly realize that they were "loose on the outside and tight on the inside, leaving no dead ends".

Compared to the Star Fuxing Palace, which has a creative shape and looks like half a pyramid, the palace in Longxiao City looks more like a majestic palace from a story, from the architectural style to the staffing inside.

The red dragon flag on a black background flies high above it.

Flying below the national flag, there is another flag: a dragon spear thrust out of the clouds - Walton's family emblem, the dragon spear in the clouds.

Red and black, coupled with the color of the naturally falling snow, in Thales's impression, there is nothing more like a palace where heroic spirits return.

Thales shook his head: It is truly the Palace of Heroes.

And the lords, grand dukes, kings and so on who live here...

At this moment, Thales's eyes were suddenly attracted to the top of the palace, and he couldn't help but raise his head.

A stone bridge stretches out from the top floor of the palace and leads to another mountain peak in the sky.

Thales' eyes narrowed.

It's that stone bridge.

The stone bridge leading to Sky Cliff - the palace of the "Sky Queen".

Only then did he notice that there was a huge statue standing at the starting point of the stone bridge. He could not see it clearly from a distance because of his vision.

It was a giant black stone statue of a male warrior.

I saw that the warrior on the statue was heroic and majestic, holding a scary-looking spear in both hands, with neat armor and strong muscles. He looked majestic and condescending, overlooking the Palace of Heroes.

Presumably - Thales thought, from that angle, he could have a panoramic view of the entire Longxiao City.

Lord Michael, who was in charge of the reception, was very patient and waited quietly for the foreign prince until he noticed Thales' gaze.

"That is the stone bridge leading to the Sky Cliff. On it stands the statue of Nekaru I. It was completed more than six hundred years ago after Nekaru passed away." Michael raised his head and introduced seriously: "

Just renovated a week ago.”

Thales had a stern expression.

That is... He looked at the heroic man in the stone statue.

Human heroes of the end war...

One of the people who defeated the disaster and defeated the magician.

Founder and first monarch of Exeter.

Nekaru Akers?

The warrior on the statue is covered with snow, and the action of holding the gun is full of strength, giving it a sense of tension and beauty.

It must have been more than six hundred years since Nekaru looked down at his people, his land, and his country with such a resolute expression and deep eyes?

Thales nodded slightly to Michael.

A cloud passed by and the direction of the sunlight changed a bit.

Looking from a distance, the expression of the statue of the Exeter hero seemed to change from determination to sadness in an instant.

Thales narrowed his eyes and admired the craftsmanship of the sculptor six hundred years ago.

Just renovated a week ago - to welcome yourself?

Not too possible.

Perhaps the people of Exeter are still looking forward to the legendary dragon queen who disappeared without a trace after the End War and will come back to visit her husband's statue?

Come to visit the country that left her portrait on the flag, and take care of the Blade of the West Continent that she left behind with Nekaru?

"A room has been prepared for you in the Palace of Heroes - this will temporarily serve as your residence during your stay in Longxiao City," Michael raised his hand toward the palace door, gesturing for Thales to move forward.

Thales smiled: "Of course, thank you His Majesty Nunn for your hospitality."

"And please come with me." The expression of the man with a stern hair did not change, but what he said made everyone in the Star Mission feel depressed:

"His Majesty Nunn and the five great justices are in the Hall of Heroes, waiting for your arrival."

Thales and Putilai exchanged a look.

here we go.

But just when Thales, Putilai, and Ada were about to step forward, Michael gently raised his hand and stopped the thin deputy envoy.

"His Royal Highness's entourage, please follow my subordinates to leave and go to your room first." Michael said softly.

"I don't understand," Putilai stopped and looked at Michael calmly: "I am His Highness's deputy on this trip, and I must stay with His Highness."

"I understand your responsibilities..." Michael said slowly without showing any expression: "But this invitation is subject to restrictions."

"This is a noble conversation, lord to lord, royal to royal."

"Brilliant Star only hopes to see Walton and the five major families - His Majesty and the five Grand Dukes. Just as His Highness will only see His Majesty and the five Grand Dukes."

"Therefore, please attend alone, Your Highness of the Stars."

Thales's face changed.

Alone... facing Nuln VII and the five archdukes?

"As far as I know," Putilai said lightly, "this is not the usual etiquette between the two countries."

Although they have reached a preliminary agreement with King Nun...
To be continued...