A moment later, the castle arrived.

Rennes sat in the carriage, looking forward through the wooden boards.

The Fubeiden Castle covers an area of ​​more than two square kilometers, and the overall layout is roughly rectangular. Six war horses can run in parallel on the twenty-meter-high city wall. A tower is built every 100 meters away. The magic runes on the walls are faintly shiny in the night, forming a huge protective magic array.

The city wall is surrounded by rivers that are more than ten meters deep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Wherever you see, there are Rick Guards everywhere, and teams of patrol patrol back and forth on the city walls, leaving no blind spots at all.

The carriage stopped in front of the city gate, and after some communication, it was released. It drove across the suspension bridge and entered the tall and wide city gate.

I suddenly realized that I saw a huge square.

The square that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people is paved with white magic alloy. There is a bright silver avenue in the middle of the square, leading directly to the magnificent palace opposite.

This is Rick Palace!

In front of the palace are white stone steps, with hundreds of levels in total. It is like climbing a mountain, and finally a wide foundation platform is built on a high place. Round stone pillars that require five or six people to embrace are neatly arranged. Each stone pillar is carved with exquisite paintings. They jointly support the thick palace dome, and solemn and majestic.

The carriage walked a short section of the avenue in the square and then turned left.

There are complexes on both sides of the square, but they are not as majestic as Rick Palace. Through several high-wall corridors, the carriage drove into a beautiful large garden. The roadside was covered with green trees and full of fresh flowers, which was beautiful.

One-third of this garden is a small lake, with countless lotus flowers growing on the water, like a layer of green blankets.

It is late autumn, and there are still many lotus flowers in full bloom, with a refreshing fragrance.

The eldest son of Emperor Alpha, the second emperor of the Empire who succeeded to the throne, loved lotus flowers in particular, so he asked someone to dig an artificial lake from the Castle of Fubeiden, which was specifically used to plant lotus flowers.

The buildings by the lake are the emperor's place to enjoy flowers.

He Palace is also named after it.

More than a thousand years ago, the royal family was exterminated, and the imperial power fell into the hands of the Supreme Council. The Rick Palace was sealed and the power of governing the country was entrusted to the consul. This Ho Palace, located in the southwest corner of Fubaiden City, was regarded as the consul's residence and used for daily office residence.

The entire He Palace only accounts for one-fifth of the total area of ​​Fubeiden Castle. No one in the other areas of the castle except the patrolling Imperial Palace is allowed to enter.

Rick Palace is even more forbidden for the consul.

More than 300 years ago, a consul had drunkenness. He was not sure whether he was thinking too much and expose his nature, or he went crazy after drinking, ran out of the Ho Palace and wandered around the castle. He broke into the Rick Palace despite the dissuasion of the Imperial Guards. He was reported to the Supreme Council and was dismissed overnight and became a laughing stock of the entire empire.

The carriage was still driving in the Lotus Palace, but Rennes was wandering around.

The Lotus Palace is not only an open palace, but also with dozens of fully functional office buildings. Although it accounts for less than 20% of the entire castle and is squeezed by the Lotus Lake, it is also larger than most of the castles in the empire, and is far from comparable to Gen Lamorgan.

After passing through the defenses of the Imperial Guards, the carriage finally stopped in front of a five-story welcome building.

The whole building is brightly lit, and expensive crystal lamps dispel the darkness. You can see the lake not far away clearly, so you can enjoy the lotus at night.

Rennes met the consul Gneus Chickro in the car.

Gneus was wearing a casual outfit, tall and strong body, with a sword around him, and a heroic and powerful starry night. He didn't know that Rennes was observing him through the carriage, and his eyes fell on the extreme warrior next to the carriage. Although he was well concealed, his eyes still showed surprise and solemnity.

Before leaving, Rennes purchased a batch of three-ring "Breath-catching talismans" and brought them to the two teams of extreme warriors who accompanied him to cover up their legendary aura.

Most people cannot see through the breath-catching technique, but Gneus, as a holy swordsman, saw through it at a glance.

All the twelve extreme warriors are legends!

Legends are not weeds on the roadside, and any one is very precious. Even if it is not a spell caster, it is just an ordinary legendary extraordinary person. It is also prideful and difficult to recruit. As the most elite extraordinary legion of the empire, the Rick Guards have only more than 30 legends in total. They are given extremely high treatment and power, and they have to worry about their loyalty issues. If they are dissatisfied, they will leave.

These barbarian warriors, hidden in heavy armor, held huge soul guns and were powerful. They knew at a glance that they were not ordinary legends and were willing to serve as guards for Rennes. Why?

Gneus couldn't understand.

At this time, he saw Renn coming from the carriage, immediately moved his eyes away, and greeted him enthusiastically: "Speaker Renn, thank you all the way. Welcome to the Lotus Palace."

"Hisser Admiral." Ren also smiled, "Good evening."

“Okay…”

Gneus was very happy and stepped forward and patted Renne's shoulder very close. He turned around and smiled at the people who greeted each other: "Everyone, this is the Earl of Glamorgan, the Speaker of Wizelland, and the youngest hero of the Empire whom you have admired for a long time."

"Meet Speaker Rennes."

"Master Earl."

"Meet the Duke of Augustus."

All the people present were powerful and powerful people who saluted Rennes, with different expressions on their faces. Rennes also nodded in response, showing an approachable attitude.

"Will you not introduce me to me?" Ren smiled.

"Okay." Gneus immediately pointed at an old man with silver hair but strong spirits, "This is my military and political minister, Viscount Rosella Lidsom."

The Eye of Soul shows that Rosela is a legendary middle-level wizard, specializing in elementals.

The military and political minister who is in charge of the four major legions of the Empire and the three major knights was actually a wizard, which is really a bit unexpected.

"Vissole Viscount Leedsom." Renn said hello.

"Have you met Speaker Rennes." Rosella gave a gift without being humble or arrogant.

"This is my Minister of Finance Ms. Aishre." Gneus' second introduction was a beautiful woman who was only in her early thirties, with a slim figure and dignified manner. Her long dark red hair was tied around her head and wearing a luxurious embroidered long dress. She had the style of a mature woman and the vitality of a young girl, and exuded extraordinary charm all over her body.

Level 18th Natural Scourge Warlock!

Renn immediately thought of the sorcerer of the Elatusa Academy. As expected, the Chancellor of the Exchequer must have come from that place. They are always attracted by power, and use their beauty and strength as capital to enter the center of power, thereby gaining influence.

This sorcerer's ability is probably not just in bed, otherwise Gneus would not have let her take charge of the financial power of the empire.

“I’ve met Ms. Aishley.”

Renn leaned forward and kissed the sorcerer from the back of his white and tender hands.

Ashley closed his hand and covered his mouth and chuckled, looked Renn's face boldly, and said with a smile: "The Earl is indeed as handsome as the rumored one."

"Thank you for your praise, Ms.." Ren nodded reservedly.

"Ren is young and promising, and the entire empire cannot find a man with more promising prospects than him." Gneus teased: "Aishrey, if you can take down Rennes, you will never have to worry about this life."

The men next to them all laughed.

"I don't have such great ability. I'm afraid the Count will not look down on me." Ashley said this, but his eyes kept spinning on Rennes, obviously not speaking in his heart.

Rennes is now scared and is not in the mood to hook up with other women.

So he pretended not to understand the charm.

Gneus immediately noticed his attitude, so he turned to introduce the other two. One was his chief of staff, Baron Duberstein, the steward of the Dutch Palace, and the last one was the commander of the Rick Guard, named Heskott. His figure was more than two meters tall and gave people a great sense of oppression, just like a barbarian.

Renn glanced at Heskoddo twice.

The soul eye cannot see through the other party, which means that this is a holy-level extraordinary person. Rennes sensed a familiar aura on him, a dragon knight with the body of a true dragon!

Gneus introduced that Hestoke has an elderly black dragon. His extraordinary profession is the Black Knight who masters the power of shadow. He was promoted to the holy level decades ago, but now he is still at level 20.

With his strong strength, Heskott steadily controlled the Rick Guards.

It seemed that he felt the breath of Renn's true dragon body. He was also a dragon knight, making Heskot, who looked serious, rarely show kindness to Renn.

After the introduction, Gneus asked Rennes to enter and climb to the banquet hall on the fifth floor.

The view here is wide and you can see the entire Lotus Lake.

The spacious lobby had only one table and no other guests, which made Renne understand that tonight was just a small private dinner.

The servants of the Lotus Palace delivered delicious wine and delicacies like flowing water, and soon filled the tables.

Gneus's posture was very casual, and he told a few jokes from time to time, or some of his experiences in his past hundreds of years of life. He was completely without the airs of a consul, and the atmosphere on the table was relaxed and lively.

Rennes echoed with the voice, and it was harmonious.

He knew very well what Gneus wanted to express. The three ministers, chief of staff and commander of the Imperial Guard were all his absolute confidants and could be trusted.

On the first day, Gneus presented his confidant team to show sincerity and hoped to get his full support.

These are senior ministers, with high rank and powerful positions. They have been in the imperial political arena for many years. When Gneus abdicated more than ten years later, whether Rennes wanted to compete for the throne of the consul or successfully reached the top, these people were all right-hand men who could rely on.

Renn understood and accepted Gneus' kindness.

Everyone present was smart. They noticed Gneus's attitude, followed the situation, approached Rennes intentionally or unintentionally, and established a relationship in advance.

The two sides hit it off and the host and the host and the host all had fun.

After a dinner of more than two hours, Rennes had initially integrated into this small circle of power. The Eye of the Soul accurately grasped everyone's personality and preferences, and it was easy to win their favor.

Even Renn noticed the closeness and distant relationship between these people.

For example, what Gneus trusts most is his chief of staff Baron Duberstein, and everyone else is slightly worse; the military and political minister Rosela and the Finance Minister Aishre may be because they are both spellcasters and believe in magic goddesses and can explore magic knowledge, so they are closer, but they have no relationship between men and women.

Aishre and Gneus were also innocent.

Home Secretary Amber and Chief of Staff Duberstein appeared to be harmonious, but the two had a private grudge and were hostile to each other, but they did not dare to show it.

The Imperial Guard Commander Hesctor was interested in Aishrey, but he was not so loyal to Gneus, and it was more like a cooperative relationship.

Every time Ashley looked at herself, her mood fluctuated very much, and she didn't know what idea she was going to do.

After a full meal, everyone came to the spacious balcony to appreciate the lotus.

Renn noticed Gneus's gaze, most of the time, he was not on the lotus, and he crossed the lake from time to time to look at the magnificent Rick Palace in the distance.

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To be continued...