An ancient millennium-old empire, an immortal Dragon Soul Emperor, a baby girl brought out from the lava pit … Everything was shrouded in mystery, and even in the enigmatic world of L 'Haronne, all these things still piqued Hao Ren's curiosity.
This ancient empire was indeed hiding countless secrets.
But Hao Ren was just curious, and he had no plans to delve deeper into these secrets. He was here to find traces of the Mad Lord's contamination in the previous universe, and the reason why this world survived. In other words, he was looking for the Mad Lord's "vaccine", and the secrets of a mortal kingdom's royal family were not that important to this goal, unless it was related to the "vaccine", or else it was not worth wasting time on.
Of course, it was just a casual conversation to get some information, and Hao Ren did not mind continuing the topic. "Princess Constance seems to be trusted by the emperor. The Knights of the Broken Blade shouldn't be something that just anyone can command."
"So it is no wonder that some people suspect that Princess Constance is the illegitimate daughter of His Majesty Berentine. The fact that the Dragon Soul Emperor is willing to hand over the empire's most powerful force to this adopted daughter speaks volumes," Charlemagne said. "Of course, the princess is indeed powerful, and she probably has the dragon soul as well. It is said that she had surpassed all the court teachers in her childhood, and after she took over the Knights of the Broken Blade, she made the army even stronger than before."
"Okay, I get it, but we seem to have gone off-topic." Hao Ren scratched his chin as he suddenly remembered that the three of them were not talking about the illegitimate daughter of the royal family. "We were talking about the Knights of the Ebon Blade, right? Are you looking for me because of those knights?"
Charlemagne pondered for a moment before saying, "We suspect that the knights are coming for us."
"Oh?" Hao Ren's eyebrows twitched.
"While the Knights of the Ebon Blade are scattered all over the kingdom, they are not like the patrols who wander around the countryside. They are usually stationed in the barracks of the major cities or the more important military fortresses, and this town … it is only one level higher than an ordinary village in the empire, and under normal circumstances, there would not be any Knights of the Ebon Blade here, let alone a five-man squad."
Awenna added, "The fact that an attendant of the Ebon Blade could even visit a place like this is already a great honor to the local officials."
"So that's how it is," Hao Ren suddenly understood. "So, there must be a very serious problem for these knights who usually don't come down to earth to run around in such a hurry, and you two … happen to be the very serious problem."
Awenna could not hide the worry on her face as she nodded.
"You do need to be vigilant," Hao Ren said with a frown. "If these knights are coming for you, does it mean that the high-level officials of the Dragon Empire, or even the emperor himself, are involved in the previous pirate attack? After all, you said that the Knights of the Ebon Blade answer directly to the emperor himself. "
"We do not want to think so." Awenna gritted her teeth. "While the White City Federation and the Dragon Empire have some border conflicts, the two forces have never had any deep hatred. The Ancient Kingdom of Izzo in the White City Federation has maintained a long-term diplomatic relationship with the Dragon Empire. Our secret visit this time … His Majesty Berentine even carried me and my brother …"
In the end, she did not say what the secret mission was about.
"Don't be swayed by personal feelings." Charlemagne frowned. "Awenna, I don't want to think so, but as soon as we landed in this town, the Knights of the Ebon Blade came here. This is not a good sign …"
Just as Hao Ren was about to say something, he suddenly heard Vivian's voice coming from the door. "But you are not sure yourself."
Charlemagne and Awenna were nervous when they heard the voice, but they were relieved when they confirmed that it was Vivian. Awenna looked a little embarrassed and scared. "Could someone from the outside have heard our conversation?" she asked.
"No, my ears are special, and I can hear a lot of things that ordinary people can't." Vivian closed the door and turned her head and waved her hand. "The person next door must have heard it too. Her ears are sharper than mine. If someone takes a bite of a biscuit three streets away, she will drool all over her feet."
As soon as her voice trailed off, they heard Lily's voice coming from next door. "Battie, don't think I can't hear you!"
Charlemagne and Awenna were shocked and confused. They wondered if the people from the Basilica of the World Tree were all mutants.
"Again, you are not sure yourself." Vivian came up to the siblings and looked them in the eye. "Otherwise, you would have packed your things and run away. Why would you come here to chat with Hao Ren?"
"Indeed, we did not expose ourselves along the way, and we could even say that we 'fell from the sky' into this area. The Knights of the Ebon Blade are not specialized trackers, so it is unlikely that they have found us." Charlemagne choked, but he still said calmly, "Perhaps they are not just searching in this town, but in a large area. If we act rashly, we might be discovered."
"Understood. We will be careful when we move around." Hao Ren understood what the suspicious and cautious prince meant. "Just try to avoid the Knights of the Ebon Blade, right?"
"That would be best." Awenna got up from the chair and gracefully lifted her skirt. "My brother and I are here mainly to talk about this."
Hao Ren let out a hollow laugh. "And then it turned into a lecture on local customs, right?"
After the siblings left, Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed between his eyebrows. "No matter how small a place is, there are always hidden dragons and crouching tigers. I did not expect the Dragon Empire on this small planet of L 'Haronne to have so many secrets."
"Didn't you say that an inspector observes the world, and in your eyes, there is no difference in size between civilizations?" Vivian smiled as she came over and pinched Hao Ren's shoulder. "If not for the urgent matter, it would be nice to stay in such an interesting place for a while."
"Your way of thinking is similar to mine. It feels like you want to be an inspector too." Hao Ren smiled and looked up at Vivian. "But to be honest, it is not a bad idea to pay more attention to the details of this country. After all, we do not know what the traces of the Mad Lord are in this world. Maybe they are hidden in these messy royal secrets."
"It is hard not to be influenced when I am with you all the time." Vivian smiled helplessly. "By the way, did Nolan find anything inside the planet?"
Although Hao Ren and his team were with Charlemagne and Awenna, it did not mean that they were on a sightseeing tour. In fact, through the mental connection, Hao Ren had been conducting an in-depth scan and search of the planet. Hundreds of precision probes had been released into the World Scar that split the planet in half, and for the past twenty-four hours, they had been sketching the internal structure of the planet.
As the planet was split into two halves, the original core was directly exposed, and the probe's scanning was much easier. Soon, a massive amount of information was gathered before Hao Ren's eyes. Unfortunately, there was nothing valuable in it.
"Nothing." Hao Ren shook his head. "The physical structure of the planet is clear at a glance. Although its current state is quite against the common sense of physics, apart from this anomaly, there is no clue related to the Mad Lord. The material structure of the planet was reshaped, and so were the humans and human history on the surface of the planet. Even the unicellular organisms and the primitive atmosphere were restored bit by bit in Rheia's dream … I really wonder if there are any clues here. Oh right, speaking of Rheia, what is your mother doing now? "
"Why does it sound even weirder when you put it like that?" Vivian rolled her eyes at Hao Ren. "Rheia is resting in her room. Actually, she is diverting most of her energy to her main body to do her homework. She said that she is not very familiar with mass projection, and it is quite difficult to multitask for a long time. "
Since she was using mass projection in the Umbral Realm attached to the Plane of Dreams and not in the Surface World, Rheia did not have the six-hour limit to activate the bracelet. But mass projection still required a lot of energy, and Rheia was a beginner after all, and she had a lot of learning to do. So when there was nothing on Hao Ren's side, she would naturally return most of her energy to her main body.
Leaving a doppelganger that only knew to eat at a fixed time was only slightly better than a disabled child … By the way, why did a mass projection have the ability to eat?
Hao Ren shook his head as he tossed aside the futile question. He relaxed his shoulders and began to enjoy Vivian's massage.
The gentle massage coupled with the right amount of weak electric stimulation … it was quite comfortable.
…
Charlemagne and Awenna spent the rest of the day on high alert.
While they did not think that their whereabouts had been exposed, and they were not entirely sure that the Ebon Blade knights were after them, they were still worried. Years of education and training had kept them on high alert in such an environment.
They had to be on guard against the knights. If the pirate attack was related to the Dragon Soul Emperor, then the Ebon Blade knights were a group of deadly killers for the siblings.
But it all seemed to be a false alarm.
The guards investigated the situation in the town and quickly confirmed that the Ebon Blade knights were not there to search for anything. They went straight to the town hall, but did not stay long in front of the local officials. As night fell, they left through the main gate of the town.
He gave off the feeling that he was a messenger who came and went in a hurry.
For the rest of the night, everything was peaceful.
But even though no one came to pick a fight with them, they soon felt that the atmosphere in the town had changed a little.
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