Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 136 Negotiations
"The first item is the Dark Moon Badge given to me by Princess Lani. The Forbidden Magic Circle engraved on it records everything that happened in the underground waterway before. Your Majesty will know after reading it." Lucia said.

Queen Malika took the badge, and gently tossed it twice with her slender and tender palm, with a faint smile on her lips, and said, "Okay, let's take a look together."

Lucia saw that she injected a golden magic power into the badge, and the magic power circuit in the center of the badge immediately lit up, projecting a screen-like magic picture in midair.

Although she had never touched this badge beforehand, the queen seemed to understand the principle as soon as she got it. Under her control, the projections of scenes accelerated to a hundred times faster, almost turning into a stream of disillusionment. If it weren't for the extremely powerful perception Hero-level powerhouses may not be able to distinguish the content at all.

Compared with the records of the King's Capital Gladiator Association, Lucia's re-engraved records are obviously more comprehensive. It not only includes the full projection of the four Carlisle's fierce battle with Rollo in the early stage, but also includes the details of his encirclement of the secret vault after shielding the crystal ball array. The process - Carlisle's secret control of the troll, Rollo's obvious loss of human characteristics, and the underground chamber where Freya was held in the secret vault. This badge alone is enough to be his best answer to all actions tonight .

The light of the magic power projection gradually receded, and the Queen pushed the badge back in front of Lucia, saying: "Even with the most critical eyes, your answer is satisfactory enough - after tonight, if there are gold nobles who can set off a wave in the capital If you attack you on the grounds of turmoil, I will handle it for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lucia nodded slightly.

It is not surprising that the Queen will make this promise, and the promise itself does not have much practical effect. After all, even if you lend ten courage to the Rodel people, they would not dare to use this reason to talk to Lucia and Lataen at the same time. Having trouble with Mikaela and the three demigods, naturally it is not the queen's turn to personally help him deal with any troubles.

Therefore, whether it is Lucia's reply or the queen's promise, they are just to put a stop to the turmoil that shook the capital to save the faces of both parties. Checks and balances again.

But the next two events were of a much more serious nature.

Lucia put the Dark Moon Badge in her close pocket, looked at the blood-stained bone nail in the center of the stone table, and said slowly: "Your Majesty has fought countless battles in his life and has extensive knowledge. You should know what this is?"

His voice is still calm, just like the vast and peaceful ice ocean, but anyone can detect the endless undercurrent and the eternal ice under the sea surface.

Dragon food is by no means a new thing that emerged after the unification war. Foreign races who coveted the power of giant dragons have been common since ancient times, and they are not limited to the human race. All races should understand the attitude of the ancient dragon dynasty on this matter.

The reason is very simple. Those rebellious people who dare to put the dragon feast on the bright side and turn a blind eye to the taboos of the dragon clan have already been crushed to powder in the past thousands of years, and there are not a few civilizations whose entire country has been destroyed for this reason.

It's just that at this moment, the offending party is the most powerful and powerful noble family in today's dynasty, and the avenger who was supposed to pay blood for blood is just a fledgling ancient dragon and demigod, who even has a dragon on his head. The specious "proton" name.

Can the blood ban that has been practiced for thousands of years continue to be practiced to the end?
"The enchanted bone nail—" the Queen said softly, "It is forged with the essence of cold iron mixed with black steel, and at least six levels of forbidden magic are engraved on the surface, and then tempered with various chronic poisons, specially used to imprison those with strong bodies for a long time. Extraordinary creatures, this is a shackle torture tool designed by the great scholar Ed Lindsell to deal with the flame giant, and now the anchor chain spikes that drive the trolls in this dynasty are also weakened versions based on this, of course I will not disagree Know."

"However." She lowered her eyes and hesitated for a moment, then raised her head, looked directly into Lucia's cold eyes and said, "I heard that you have taken away that Sir named Maxwell, and he can do whatever you want— —But whether it is you, Lance, Ancient Dragon Temple, or Sky City, if you want to take the entire Duoris family as the target of revenge, please forgive me for not agreeing."

"For the misfortune of the young flying dragon, I can publicly apologize to the Ancient Dragon Dynasty on behalf of the Golden Dynasty, and order Duke Calvin Duoris to personally go to the Temple of the Ancient Dragon to make amends. The compensation claims can also be further negotiated."

The queen was silent for a while, shook her head and sighed softly: "Sorry, Lucia, although I am the god of the Golden Dynasty, the Golden Dynasty is not my country alone. This is already all I can provide for you."

Hearing this expected answer, Lucia did not show any displeasure, but relaxed her body and sat back on the chair, clasped her fingers in front of her, and said lightly: "If the identities are exchanged, stand From His Majesty's position at the moment, I'm afraid I can't give you more conditions."

"Three years ago, His Majesty chose not to express his position on the ownership of the northern border guard position because he felt that Duke Duoris was useful. Given him a few years, maybe he could really solve the chaos that has lasted for many years in the Arctic Ice Sheet? "

The queen gave him a slightly surprised look, probably not expecting that he would suddenly mention these old things, and just hit the point, so she nodded and said: "Yes, Osarion is more than brave but not strategic. It’s okay to guard one area at ordinary times, but at that time, the chaos in the northern area was getting more and more dangerous, and his force was useless to the situation. I understand this, and Ladagang naturally understands it, so it’s not entirely for the sake of supporting Duoris Expand the wings of the new party."

Speaking of this, she smiled mockingly, and said, "At least so far, his structure is not so narrow, is it?"

Lucia understood that the queen was talking about the token of law on her body, so she just smiled lightly and didn't say much.

On the other side, the Queen continued: "Among Chief Siluria and Duoris, regardless of ability, qualifications or personal feelings, I prefer Chief Siluria, but since he has no intention of power, he is more willing to stay in the capital. , I will not push this matter forcibly. This was the case three years ago, and it was even more so when the DPRK and China demanded the dismissal of Duoris a year ago. Facts have proved that he has done a good job."

"Perhaps based on the situation of the two majesties, the Duke's merits outweigh his demerits, but since there will be a gamble at the battle ceremony, it is enough to show that the whole of your country is not satisfied with the Duke?" Lucia shrugged. , Get twice the result with half the effort. There are a lot of things to criticize in the First Battle of the Northern Territory, if not for the internal and external difficulties, he might not have used that dragon eater to put all his eggs in the nobles' game."

(End of this chapter)