In the midst of gossip, rumors, and hearsay, it was already late at night. Looking at the ground and the tables scattered all over, the most powerful creature in the stronghold had appeared!
The dwarf aunty with a broom chased a group of fully armed dwarves and orcs into a mess. No one wanted to be swept in the face with a broom stained with feces. Any image would be ruined.
The moment Lin and Fen saw the fierce wife of the owner appear, they didn't wait for her to yell at the crowd. Instead, they hurriedly threw enough money on the table for the wine and dinner, and then ran away in a hurry. The former Demon King could still maintain his usual elegance, but a certain someone really scrambled out of the tavern.
Lin carried one of the two drunken maidservants, while Fen carried the other, and they walked on the deserted street.
But under the influence of alcohol, the street didn't look as strange as when they first came. Lin bathed in the moonlight and hummed an unknown song.
"Lord Tripwood, I want to ask you something." Fen suddenly asked, sending a chill down someone's spine. This Lich used honorifics, which was never a good thing. But Lin could only smile and say, "Sure, sure. Ask away."
"What's the Anti-Battleship Blade?"
It should be a proud achievement, but at this moment, it was like a dark history. A certain someone's eyes fluttered guiltily and said, "I don't know what that is."
"Oh." Fen lifted Kaya in front of her and shook her. She asked the girl with braids who struggled to open her eyes, "Do you know what the Anti-Battleship Blade is?"
Kaya touched her glasses and opened the exclusive database function. She manually clicked a few times and sent the design of the Anti-Battleship Blade to Fen's glasses. Once the transfer was completed, she died again. Like a hanged ghost, her limbs drooped weakly.
Looking at the design of the Anti-Battleship Blade and various additional records, Fen understood what the weapon was all about. But her eyes were smiling like crescent moons, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. She didn't say a word, which was even more frightening.
"You, you, you, you …" Lin stretched out her trembling hands and said, "Don't look like you want to go back and tell the dwarves. Do you think I'm afraid?"
"If you're not afraid, then don't tremble. I'm just a little curious. When the dwarves know that you made the Anti-Battleship Blade, what kind of reaction will they have? "
"I'm warning you, don't mess around. Otherwise … "" Otherwise what? "" … otherwise I'll run away in the middle of the night. Don't think that a trifling city wall can stop me. "
"You don't know how to run, do you think you can run to the ends of the earth? Believe it or not, I'll break your three legs. "
"Is it really that crude?!"
"I am a Lich, from the Chaotic Evil Faction."
Under the same night sky as the two of them were arguing, Juan Javier was having a family dinner with his "family" and close friends in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Vilva in the territory of the León District of the Association of Sorcerers in the southwest peninsula.
King Hahn the Fourth and his queen were seated at the head of the table, with six princes in a row on the left and two princesses in a row on the right. Juan was sitting right across the long table, tearing up grapes and drinking honey wine without a care in the world. Next to him was his teacher, Jose Carlos. With a helpless expression on his face, he turned his head away, not wanting to look at his student.
The reason why Juan Javier could sit here was because of his mother, Queen Catherine, who was even more legendary than him, the Archmage. Originally, she was just the daughter of a knight. She married her lord, Viscount Javier, and gave birth to a child. That child was Juan Javier.
During the ceremony to celebrate the ascension of the new king, Catherine met the young and impetuous Hahn for the first time, and the new king was fascinated by her. The second time they met was at the funeral of Viscount Javier. At that time, Juan was five years old.
The widow's beauty naturally had many admirers. In fact, the king's appearance at the funeral of a viscount attracted a lot of attention and speculation. But there were still people who weren't attracted to Catherine. They were the Javier family's collateral branch.
What better opportunity to seize control of the family than now, when there was only an orphan and a widow left. Therefore, they planned to marry the widow off. The first candidate was of course the king, who was still single and ambitious. That person had enough power to force the widow to agree.
"As long as you ensure my son's inheritance and the royal family sends someone to manage the territory, I will marry you."
Holding the hand of her son, who was still not very sensible, Catherine didn't play any tricks and directly stated her conditions. In fact, according to the tradition of the land of bewilderment, women didn't have to be widowed or be loyal. It was common for widows to marry three or four times and have a lot of husbands die.
For Hahn the Fourth, this kind of condition was as easy as lifting a finger. But for the meticulous Javier family's collateral branch, it was a cry.
But many nobles in the kingdom weren't satisfied with this marriage with a great disparity in status, not to mention that it was a widow. Not only was she older than the king, but she also had a child. However, the king was at the age of recklessness and recklessness. He wasn't someone who could be easily persuaded.
In the next few years, princes and princesses were born one after another. Those nobles who were loyal to the royal family but had some complaints about the queen's background also kept silent. Compared to the queen's identity, the heir was more important. But … wasn't it too much?!
Having one heir, one or two alternate heirs, and a few princesses that could be used for marriage was the most ideal situation. But having too many heirs might not be a good thing. One could imagine that there would be endless disputes in the kingdom surrounding the fight for the throne in the future.
The turning point of everything was in the twelfth year after Catherine was crowned queen. A trusted minister of Hahn IV betrayed and poisoned his own king. He fled back to his fief and raised the flag of rebellion. All the nobles withdrew their forces and waited for changes. Some people secretly contacted a few older princes and waited for an opportunity to make a move.
Of course, there were also nobles who directly went to the queen and hinted at many things. They wanted to take advantage of the royal family when they didn't know if the king would wake up or not.
Queen Catherine rejected all of these and only said, "I have sent thousands of troops to quell this rebellion."
In fact, the imperial guards that directly belonged to the king were strengthened and guarding the palace. There were no signs of extra mobilization. Even the court mages were stationed in the magic tower in the capital and didn't dare to leave. But the rebel marquis was still dealt with.
'The youngest great mage in the Leon district.' That year, Juan Javier was seventeen years old and only received the recognition of the great mages in the Leon district. Alone, he completely disregarded the rules between nobles and massacred the rebellious marquis families.
Only then did the nobles realize that the heir of the Javier family, who had been sent to learn magic from the late king's friend, the great mage Jose Carlos, had already achieved so much.
Although he didn't have the king's bloodline, as the queen's bloodline, he received the nickname 'Prince of Elements.' The word 'prince' was aimed at his identity that couldn't be recognized. It could also be considered a bad taste of the mages towards the nobles.
The royal family that welcomed Juan back survived the most dangerous moment. Hahn IV woke up.
Viscount Javier, who had become a great mage, didn't follow the rules of the game between nobles. Many nobles expressed their dissatisfaction in private. But Viscount Javier still became Marquis Javier. The marquis family that had no descendants, including its territory and property, became the possession of this great mage.
In the same year, Hahn IV crowned the eldest son between him and Queen Catherine as the crown prince. Some conservative old courtiers saw the chaos when the king fell and were, of course, happy to see the birth of the crown prince. But not all nobles were like this. This included other younger princes who were surrounded by a group of little people.
However, at the coronation ceremony, Juan Javier's words were shocking. Just like his' no disciple declaration 'that caused a huge uproar in the world of magic, in the world of nobles, he also had a frightening speech.
"My brothers, support the crown prince that the old man crowned, don't have any improper thoughts. Because if you dare to overturn the table and fight for the throne, I will also make a move. It's obvious that none of you can compete with me. So don't give me an excuse. "
Juan had lived with Hahn IV for a while when he was young. Although Hahn intended to treat him as his own child, he was never able to call him 'father.' Without a father, he only called the king 'old man,' even if the king was young and strong.
"What right do you have to inherit the throne!" The ten-year-old second son scolded his elder brother, who was only half blood related, in dissatisfaction.
Juan Javier just laughed wildly. Amidst the laughter, his brown hair turned into flames and his body evaporated into mist. He said, "As long as you are all dead. I am the only one left who can inherit the throne, isn't that so? "
"Nonsense!" Amidst the frightening threat, Queen Catherine reprimanded her child. She, who rarely spoke in front of the crowd, just said coldly, "You have to kill everyone in the line of succession to have the qualifications to be crowned."
Then the nobles almost collapsed, including the side branches of the royal family. Shouldn't the queen stop this young man who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth? Why was she adding fuel to the fire? What was even more depressing was that the person who made such a declaration could really do it.
But Hahn IV only focused on one important point, which was that the worst-case scenario would only happen if the crown prince was no longer alive. As long as the premise didn't exist, it wouldn't happen.
There were also dissatisfied nobles who plotted to support the second prince to inherit the throne. Juan Javier, on the other hand, took the Rayon branch's strongest war weapon, the airship Gauss Botone, to the sky above the noble's fief castle and stayed there for quite some time.
During this time, all kinds of strange, valuable, and worthless things in the castle were sent to the airship as gifts. The nobleman had almost emptied his assets before he was able to send off a boatload of Gods of Plagues.
After that, the crown prince's position was completely stabilized. Whether it was his younger brothers or the nobles in the kingdom, they all forgot that there was such a thing as fighting for the throne.
Under the mature and shrewd leadership of Hahn IV, the Kingdom of Vilva welcomed a wave of prosperity.
However, Juan Javier, who thought of himself as a mage and almost forgot his identity as a noble, rarely interfered in the affairs of the kingdom and its fief. Until today, when he wanted to establish an academy, he understood that this wasn't something he could do alone. So who should he look for as a helper? Was it his cheap father or his teacher? This was something to pay attention to.
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