What followed next was the highlight of the ceremony.
Queio stood in front of the square and slowly raised his hands. As he chanted in the Dragon language, intense magic power surged out and wrapped the soil and sand around the periphery of the palace. A deep pit was dug in the white square, and the foundation of the Magic Tower began to be built. The rotating sand and stones in the air seemed to have a life of their own as they piled up one by one into layers of the Magic Tower.
The four lords looked on with folded arms, silently watching Queo's "performance." Beside Victor, the green dragon Morales used the green vines on the surface of his body to form a line of words: "Are you willing to do this?"
How could Victor be willing? But the situation was right in front of him, and he had to endure it. The Green Dragons did not care about worldly affairs all year round. They used Nature magic and liked to hide in the forest the most. Therefore, whatever this lord said usually had nothing to do with him.
Victor was too lazy to say more. He used the words condensed from ice to reply: "At least for now, we are all standing together. We will not become enemies because of this."
This sentence was very lacking in sincerity. It was obviously a perfunctory reply. Morales, who had long dark green hair, narrowed his eyes, and the vines on his robe returned to their original appearance. After a few seconds, he said thoughtfully: "Too much greed will always bring unpredictable results."
Victor frowned. He did not understand who Morales was talking about. Was it Queio? Or himself?
In the past, this Green Dragon Lord appeared and disappeared mysteriously. This time, he suddenly appeared here, most likely because Queio promised him the condition of the "Space-Time Rift." Victor felt that the Green Dragon Race could indeed be said to be in a state of 'standing aloof from worldly affairs'. He heard that what they most often did was to disguise themselves as towering ancient trees and then stay in one place for tens or even hundreds of years.
It was indeed unrealistic for this guy to become the leader of the Dragons.
Victor thought so. He turned his head and found that Queio had used magic power to build a complete Magic Tower on the square in front of him!
The base of this Magic Tower was more than 100 meters wide. The tower was pentagonal and nearly 200 meters high. To the humans of this era, the scene before them was probably something they could brag about for the rest of their lives …
The soldiers who were guarding the Magic Tower were so scared that they couldn't help but kneel down when the Magic Tower was halfway built. Following their actions, almost all the humans in the square reacted in the same way — the nobles who held power, the eunuchs in the palace, the two daughters and sons of Charles II, and even the patrolling soldiers on the inner city walls reacted in the same way.
Only the monarch, Charles II, remained standing in place, looking up at the towering Magic Tower slowly taking shape.
My time has come!
His heart was filled with lofty sentiments, and he almost couldn't control himself. When Queo walked over to him with a smile on his face, the monarch didn't bother to conceal the tears at the corners of his eyes, and he bowed deeply to express his gratitude.
"The Dragons have always wanted to help humans in the field of magic. I believe that you, as the ruler of the humans, will be able to accomplish this mission with flying colors."
Quio was really putting in a lot of effort in his acting. In fact, among all the Dragons, the Red Dragons looked down on humans the most. In his heart, the only redeeming feature of humans was their speed of reproduction. As for the others … What was the difference between them and ants?
After he finished his courteous words, he turned his attention to the four feudal lords at the side and strode in front of them. "The Red Dragons will temporarily take over the cooperation with the humans. If you have anything you need to add, please let me know at any time. At that time, each Dragons can leave behind a young junior to guide them in magic. After all, the greater the achievements of humans in the field of magic, the greater our chances of success in the future. "
These words were spoken in the dragon language. Charles II, who was at the side, couldn't understand it at all, let alone the Magisters. The complexions of the Dragon Lords changed when they heard this. After all, Queio was acting like a "big brother" and was giving orders. Even if they were mentally prepared, they still wouldn't feel good after being scolded like this.
Fortunately, Quio was not stupid enough to show off his authority now. He turned around and smiled as he chatted with Charles II, who was beside him, from time to time in the Bringan language, telling him about the various views of the feudal lords on the future alliance with the humans. For Charles II, it was definitely a great honor to be able to talk to this group of top bosses in the world. He greeted them humbly. Although he was speaking while standing, his words were no different from kneeling.
After more than ten minutes of conversation, Charles II invited the feudal lords to attend a grand banquet that he had meticulously prepared. However, this time, the feudal lords did not agree and left with the excuse that they had something to do. Such a scene was within Quio's expectations. He stayed, and after a simple drink, he also found an excuse to leave.
This was actually more than enough. Charles II originally did not think that the other party would stay to attend the banquet. After all the dragons left, the banquet turned into a sea of revelry.
"This toast is to Emperor Kang En!"
"To the glory of the past!"
"The glory of the Kingdom of Karen will return to the earth!"
"Cheers! Cheers! "
The nobles shouted heroically. Normally, the upper class would never be as loud as the vulgar farmers at banquets. However, today was different. Anyone with a clear head would understand that Charles II's future was limitless. Just the fact that "five dragon lords gathered in the royal capital" would be more than enough for him to be recorded in the annals of history.
No matter how many mistakes he had made and how much land he had lost, from this moment on, the resurgence of the Kingdom of Karen was unstoppable!
The banquet lasted for a day and a night. Everyone was drunk, and when they woke up, they fainted again because of the excessive joy. Charles II tried his best to control himself, but in the end, he could not handle the alcohol and went out to vomit a few times. When the sun rose in the morning, he did not care about his weak body after vomiting all night. He let his son and daughter support him as he walked around the Magic Tower built by Quio.
"Power, real power."
He reached out and touched the smooth surface of the wall. He could not help but sigh. When this monarch climbed all the way to the top of the magic tower and looked down at the whole city from such a height, he could not help but look to the west under the rising sun.
"Just you wait … your doomsday is here."
*****
In March, the sales of "Karen's Era" dropped significantly.
The 'Royal Family Weekly', which used to be a mediocre newspaper, had made an epic comeback within a month. Although it wasn't able to overwhelm the 'Cullen's Era' that had previously dominated the country, it had become the most popular publication in the eastern part of the kingdom.
Needless to say, the news of "the gathering of the five Dragons in the Imperial City to meet Charles II" had become a well-known news in the Kingdom of Karen. Even the farmers in the fields could vividly describe the process of the "Dragon Tower" being built by Lord Quio.
As a result, there was a large-scale "magic craze."
Before this, the mages in the Kingdom of Karen were either funded by the royal family or supported by the great nobles. They did not have a close relationship with each other and could only be regarded as "each serving their own master." However, Charles II turned the tables. With the support of the Dragons, he had an indisputable dominant position. At this time, he took advantage of the situation and ordered the mages to come to the "Dragon Tower" to learn magic. Which nobleman would be so blind as to stop them?
In addition, after the "magic exchange meeting" in Elsen City ended, a group of mages suddenly found out that the royal family had opened a magic academy under the guidance of the Dragons after leaving Elsen City. Without another word, they all rushed to join the academy.
If it were not for Roddy's strict information control, perhaps the mages that Elsen had just signed would have all gone missing. In fact, Crohn and Strange, who originally intended to stay here, chose to leave in the end. The ones who really relied on the "information blockade" to stay were mostly low-level and middle-level mages who had not been treated well in the Magic Tower.
And this was only a microcosm of the general situation. Quio's support for Charles II was not as simple as a few words. He really let seven or eight Dragons serve as "mentors" in the Magic Tower. At the same time, he also let the other Dragons send at least one to assist in the "teaching." Naturally, Victor and the others would not renege on this kind of thing. However, no matter how negative their response to this kind of thing was, even if the Dragons they sent were weak or even underage, it was still equivalent to helping the forces of the Kingdom of Karen, which was led by the royal family, stand on the opposite side.
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