Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 24 Chess Game
Ortapis!

After hearing the old man's words clearly, Lucia's heart immediately trembled. Without him, this name is really too famous in the history of the junction.

According to legend, there were sixteen Furnace Knights who followed Warlord Geoffrey at first, and all of them were powerful heroes who shocked the continent. The tree-shaped and ax-shaped armor on their bodies corresponded to the two foundations of the Golden Dynasty. The endless blessing of the golden tree and the unparalleled force of the war king.

Later, with the expansion of the dynasty, although the number of furnace knights increased slightly, it never exceeded 50 people.They still represent the highest force under the demigods of the Golden Dynasty. Looking at the mainland, perhaps only the Kalia knights who serve the full moon royal family can match them.

And the Ordopis in front of him, who is tied with Siluria as the chief of the two major melting pots, is undoubtedly the top ten or even the top five powerhouses in the capital, even if gods and demigods are counted!
It is obvious that Autopis saluted Lucia not because of himself, but because of his status as the ancient dragon prince and the demigod of the sky city, so Lucia did not hold back, but immediately followed the etiquette of the junior knight meeting the senior He bowed back and said, "When I was in Sky City, I often heard from the elders that the chief of Ortapis was famous for being good at fighting. It is really an honor for me to finally meet the chief himself today."

"Your Highness is overrated," Otaupis bowed slightly again, "The past is no longer worth mentioning, and the person standing in front of you is nothing but a dying old man."

Then he looked at Lance Shanks again, and said solemnly: "Priest Lance, Her Majesty the Queen already knew about the accident that happened in Dedas, and found out that the masterminds behind it were Setyr Vince and Corey. The two barons of Torrell, two hours ago, they were beheaded after being stripped of their noble titles according to the law, and other related people will also get their due punishment in the shortest possible time."

"In addition," the old knight lowered his eyelids, earnestly said, "Your Majesty ordered me to convey her most sincere apology to the priest and His Highness Lucia, and at the same time hope that the friendship between the two countries will not be damaged unnecessarily. .”

However, Lance Shanks did not immediately accept the other party's apology. She smiled lightly and said, "It's not me they offended, but His Royal Highness Lucia. I don't care if this matter ends here— —His Highness has to say."

Hearing this, Ortapis hesitated slightly, but his face did not show any abnormal expression, he just cast his eyes on Lucia again, "Then, what does Your Highness mean?"

"I believe in the sincerity of Her Majesty the Queen, and I also believe in the fineness of the friendship between the Golden Tree and Sky City," Lucia said calmly, "Since the usurper has been executed, let's stop here."

As soon as the words came out, the tense atmosphere in the air was finally relieved, and Ordopis nodded deeply, and said: "Then invite Her Highness Lucia and Priest Lance to enter the city together. The hall is hosting a banquet, ready to clean up the dust for His Highness."

After receiving Lucia's consent, Ordopis instructed the young man behind him, "Christopher, arrange for His Highness and the priest to board the car."

The young boy named Christopher stepped forward upon hearing the sound, bowed and saluted, "Your Highness Lucia, Mr. Lance, please come with me."

The two followed him for dozens of steps, and saw the ancient dragon knights leading two elegant and luxurious carriages coming towards them. The two carriages were all made of golden nanmu, and the shells decorated with gold and gemstones were carved with gorgeous and complicated patterns. The pattern, in terms of luxury, is even better than the Sky City Royal Car that Lucia took along the way.

The difference is that the one pulling the cart this time is not a dragon-scaled horse, but a troll with four heads pierced through its abdomen by an anchor chain and covered in golden armor. The wild and ferocious trolls showed unprecedented obedience. They stopped in accordance with the orders of the driving knights, and then knelt down on one knee, like a group of well-trained livestock.

"One car is enough," Lance Shanks ordered when the car approached, "I still have some matters to discuss with Your Highness."

For the two ancient dragons in human form, the space inside the two carriages was spacious enough, so Christopher and the others naturally had no objections.After the two boarded the chariot, the knights also mounted their horses one after another, guarding the chariot and marching towards the city.

At this time, Rodel had not been baptized by the broken war. The so-called main gate of the west city actually belonged to the outer city gate, and the large area inside the gate was only the suburb of Rodel. You can see green vegetation and blooming flowers everywhere, and occasionally there are a few gilded church roofs looming among the bushes.

In the car, Lance Shanks released a layer of divine power barrier to isolate the sound as soon as he took his seat. Although the two of them were only separated from the knights outside by a layer of the car shell, they could still talk without any scruples.

"Sister Lance, I just heard that boy named Christopher calling you teacher?" Lucia asked in a little surprise.

The moment he heard this name, he thought of the powerful knight who captured the "graft" Gefuya alive in the Shattered War, and returned to the tree with the gift of a hero. If the chief of Piss came out to welcome them together, the probability of coincidentally having the same name is very small.

"Ah, that's the student I took in when I was traveling three years ago. Your Excellency Otaupis is also his teacher. That kid is good at everything, but his temper is a bit boring—" Lance Shanks smiled worriedly, "I'll arrange for you to meet him when I have a chance later. He is not a Rodel knight apprentice, but an ancient dragon knight who was baptized directly by me. There is no problem at all."

Lucia nodded, silently remembering it in her heart.

"By the way, have you heard of the two barons mentioned by His Excellency Ordopis just now?" Lance Shanks blinked slyly, "It's okay if you haven't heard of them, you may as well guess their backgrounds casually and position."

"It's true that I haven't heard of it, but are they all members of the New Party?" Lucia asked without thinking.

He knew that Didas had a small portal directly connected to the royal city, presumably he and Sister Lance had just left, and someone from there sent the news to the queen.This matter is not small, if you insist on pursuing it, it may turn into a serious political incident that affects the situation in the mainland, so someone must pay the blood price for the act of arrogating a demigod - if you want to find a scapegoat, the queen has no reason to blame herself Do you want to start with people?

"That's right, one is a squadron knight commander under the Rodel Knights, and the other is the commander of the Didas garrison—you can understand it as the third person in the Didas garrison, ranking No. The first commander is concurrently served by the deputy head of the Rodel Knights, and the second deputy commander is away on a business trip, Baron Corey 'coincidentally' is the supreme commander sitting in Didas this morning."

Lucia was stunned after hearing this, so to speak, he still thought less, originally thought that a high-ranking new party dignitary had committed a crime because he rejected him as a foreign demigod, and the queen took advantage of the situation to take two new party minions Make a knife, give Gu Long an explanation, and at the same time beat and beat these pawns under Radagon's command.

However, now that the positions of these two people are so important, and there was such a subtle coincidence when the incident happened, Her Majesty's position also became obscure.

Thinking deeper, the group of knights is obviously not the garrison of Didas itself. The mobilization of troops, will Her Majesty the Queen really wait until after the event to find out?
"Remember what I told you, how did I know that you were blocked in Didas?" Lance Shanks said suddenly.

"After the lecture in Gulong Church, I found a letter on the table in the temple—" Recalling this, Lucia was suddenly stunned. When he heard about it outside the city, he also preconceived it. After the Queen got the news, she immediately asked Sister Lance to solve the situation, but now
"Thinking about it now, that was also a test of my attitude, right?" Lance Shanks said softly.

After listening, Lucia was unable to say a word for a long time.

If the situation at the junction is compared to a huge chessboard, before that, relying on the first-mover advantage brought by the memory of his previous life, he once thought that he was an equal chess player with all the giants.

However, first it was the Queen of Night Eyes who suddenly appeared, and now it was the Eternal Queen who was so close at hand, but it was hard to see through—Lucia suddenly realized that in their eyes, she was probably no more than Is it just a pawn?
"Don't think so much," at this moment, Lance Shanks comforted me with a warm voice, "As early as in the Battle of the Gods, Her Majesty Malika was already the overlord of the world-famous side. If you want to compete with someone like her, it is far from enough to rely on cunning and strategy-remember, on the table of power, power is the real bargaining chip."

"So, when facing an opponent who is stronger than yourself, you should neither be arrogant nor conceited, and you don't need to belittle yourself. You just need to calm down and grow slowly."

She couldn't help reaching out and rubbing his head again, and said with a smile: "Don't be discouraged, one day, you will walk ahead of all of them."

(End of this chapter)