"I'm a first-rank earl appointed by His Majesty himself. Rex, you …"
Nicholas didn't bother to listen to the earl's nonsense. He pointed again, and the earl immediately lost his voice, unable to utter a single syllable. Silence was the most common method used by the Vatican. When a person was being judged, the person couldn't refute and could only wait for the judgment of the Vatican.
Su sheathed his sword and came to Rex's side. "Your Highness, just kill this kind of person. It disgusts me."
"Kill him? Hmph, Agares humiliated me. How can I just kill him? Kill all the servants he brought with him. Bring this guy to the alchemy lab. "
Hearing Rex's words, the earl finally knew fear. Entering a mage's alchemy lab would be worse than death. It was obvious that Rex didn't care about his threat at all. That was impossible. The Kushui Prefecture had less than 400,000 soldiers, and the newly added land was only a thousand square kilometers. Once His Majesty's army arrived, they would all be turned into ashes.
Was Rex crazy? Killing an envoy was equivalent to declaring war!
He wanted to beg for mercy, but the silence made his throat seem to have been petrified. He couldn't make any sound, and could only breathe heavily.
Rex's bodyguards carried the earl to the alchemy lab roughly and threw him on the alchemy table. Then, magic apprentices went up and stripped the earl of his clothes, leaving only his underwear.
The earl looked at Rex with a pleading expression. Rex's blue eyes made him feel extremely cold.
"I'm too lazy to ask for your name. Now, you have to tell me what I want to ask. Don't lie or say you don't know. If you give me such an answer, do you see it? "
Rex pointed at the low-level mages working at the alchemy tables in the distance and said, "There are so many mages, and they all need experience. I'll let you be the test subject until everyone gets a taste of it. The experiment we're going to do today is to petrify bones. I'll first shatter your bones with the shock spell of earth magic, and then let the mages repair them temporarily. "
Rex stopped and looked at the earl's eyes. They were full of fear. Rex continued, "There are more than two hundred bones in a human body. If your answer disappoints me, this experiment will be carried out more than two hundred times before stopping. I promise you'll stay awake during the process. If you understand, nod your head. "
The Earl nodded vigorously, and Rex glanced back at Nicholas. Nicholas quietly tapped the air with his finger, and the count was finally able to speak.
"First question, how many troops will Agares send to attack my Great Liang City?"
The Count's heart twitched as if it had been electrified.
"1.2 million, Your Highness."
Rex nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Second question, when will Agares' army arrive?"
"Mid November, Your Highness."
"Will Agares send troops regardless of whether I agree or not?"
The earl panicked instantly. He really didn't know the answer to this question. There was something wrong with His Majesty's brain. This was something that all the great nobles in Cloud Flow City knew. Even God couldn't tell if His Majesty would be like what Rex said.
"His Majesty will hand the secret decree to the fleet that will escort the bride. A noble of my level has no way of knowing the truth." The earl could only try his best to avoid provoking Rex.
Rex was silent for a while, then said, "Fourth question. Tell me the organization and equipment of the Cloud Flow Fleet."
The earl didn't hesitate this time. He gave out the various organizations of the Cloud Flow Army one by one, such as the ratio of officers, combat ability, and equipment distribution. Many of these weren't secrets, and he didn't dare to fabricate them. He just said everything he knew.
Rex didn't memorize them either. Instead, he asked the low-level sorcerers to use magic to copy and organize all the information the earl knew. This went on for more than two hours. Although the earl's combat ability was terrible, he still knew a lot of information. From a certain point of view, this guy wasn't completely useless.
There were very few useless nobles, because nobles were also the cornerstone of a country. His Majesty wouldn't confer nobles randomly, even in Cloud Flow City where nobles were rampant.
Rex was interrogating the earl here. Metatlin City …
Salin summoned all the trusted nobles and held a meeting in the palace. Ainphent wasn't there. The three dukes led by Guya sat on Salin's right. On the left were still Salin's followers. What was different this time was that Sicar was sitting next to Salin.
"I'm going to the Bitter Water Prefecture with the latest warships and weapons. Everyone, after I leave, Sicar will be the master of Metatlin City. She's the mother of my child. Here, I confer Sicar the Caucasian King. In my absence, Sicar will be the regent, and Daniel will still be in charge of the city affairs. "
Everyone was speechless. Sicar had Salin's child, and she had more than a hundred thousand Caucasian warriors who worshipped her crazily. It was only right for her to be the regent.
"Neris, you stay and help Sicca. Eleanor, Isabella, you two come with me. As for military affairs, Guya, you'll be in charge for now. As for business affairs, Helene, you'll have to work hard. Renee, you have to supervise the nobles in Phoenix. Don't let them get into any trouble. "
Salin made the arrangements one by one. The twelve counts also had their own duties.
After settling things at home, the nobles left. Neris said uneasily, "Master, why didn't you let me go with you? This time, we're going against the Cloud Flow Empire. I reckon there will be level-nine warriors. "
"Neris, Sicar is more important. She has a child, and I'm worried about her fighting again. You have to completely protect her. I'll take the Winged Skeleton and the alchemy ship to the sea. The alchemy factory has already replicated the submersible warship. With the Winged Skeleton's temporary small white bone warship, I don't have to be afraid of Cloud Flow's fleet. "
"But Master!" Neris was extremely anxious. She still couldn't rest assured even though Salin said so.
"My water puppet has recovered and can use Crystal Finger. Even a level-nine warrior will die with this blow." Salin knew that his badge's ability hadn't recovered yet. The Thunder Dragon in the necklace had fallen into a deep sleep after swallowing the level-ten Thunder Dragon's flesh and magic core. It couldn't replenish the badge's power, so Neris was so uneasy.
"Let Trish and the others go with you!" Neris said.
"Alright, Trish's ability is not bad now." Salin didn't refuse Neris's request.
"Let Zola go with you. He's useless if he stays."
"No, Zola has to stay. There are enough Mages in Metatlin City, but he's the only Silver Sword Saint. With him here, I'll be at ease. Neris, the gold magic book that Uncle Filet gave me contains eighteen level-seven spells. I've also prepared hundreds of magic staffs, all given to me by Joey. Each can store three level-seven spells. This time, I can use high-level spells to smash people at will. What are you worried about? "
Neris only sighed bitterly. Sicar, on the other hand, was very calm.
"Salin, if you go this time, even if you can't marry Rex, others can't have any ideas about her in the future. I support you. But if you meet someone you can't beat … "
"I'll run away." Salin nodded slightly and continued Sicar's words. "I still have to take care of my own child. How can I risk my life?"
Sicar smiled and said to Neris, "You see, your master is still very afraid of death. Don't worry, just stay with me."
Eleanor did not speak at the side. She knew that Salin was willing to go because their teamwork had been trained to the extreme. Mages below level-six could no longer pose a threat to Salin. Her Spatial Arrow was enough to suppress a level-seven Mage. Together with Salin's level-seven spell, the two of them could make a level-seven Magic Shooter feel wronged.
Isabella's strength had recovered. Other than being a level-six Mage, she was also a high-level Swordsman. She was about to advance to Sword Saint, but she could only advance smoothly after becoming a Magic Shooter.
This kind of Mage was unusually fierce. The weapon that Salin had forged for Isabella was a longsword that had the function of a magic staff. Those who did not know her background were basically dead in front of Isabella.
"Master, you have to take care …" Neris's eyes were filled with tears. She could only watch helplessly as Salin left with Eleanor and Isabella.
Salin's party consisted of only two hundred people. He was the leader, along with the Winged Skeleton, Eleanor, Isabella, and four demons.
The accompanying soldiers were all trained by Isabella. They were all Swordmaster Warriors and low-level Magic Apprentices. The Winged Skeleton had somehow put away the Coiled Turtle Alchemy Ship. Inside Salin's twenty-four dimensional stones were twelve submersible warships and six decomposed skeleton warships.
The other warship materials were also piled up like a mountain. Salin wanted to make use of the Mages in Great Liang City to directly establish a fleet on the spot to fight against the Cloud Flow people's army on the sea.
The Cloud Flow Fleet was invincible. It was time for this myth to be shattered.
Unfortunately, the dragon skeleton warship could not be decomposed, nor could it be put into any equipment. Otherwise, Salin could safely destroy the Cloud Flow people's attack by driving this thing to the sea.
In addition to the warship materials, Salin also brought a lot of magic stone cannons. These things were convenient to carry, but they were expensive to use. This was not a big deal. If they could defeat the Cloud Flow Fleet, it was worth it no matter how much money they spent.
As long as they could not attack from the sea, if the Cloud Flow people wanted to attack Rex's territory, they would first have to break through the Tanggulas people's encirclement, recover the land north of the Redwater River, and take a detour for thousands of miles before they could come into contact with Rex's army.
After coming to Metatlin City, it was almost the first time that the Winged Skeleton went ashore. He summoned more than two hundred skeleton warhorses and took the lead, galloping in front. These skeleton warhorses were different from those summoned by the three lords. They naturally had harnesses and ran at an astonishing speed. Without the Winged Skeleton's control, the soldiers that Salin brought might not even dare to ride them.
The distance between Metatlin City and Great Liang City was more than twenty thousand miles. Without enough speed, it was impossible for Salin to reach it in October.
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