Black carriages moved in and out of the spacious road ahead. Compared to the other foreign merchants, this group of people stood out.
Compared to the other merchants, this group of foreign merchants had tanned skin and wore loose white robes. The carriages that were pulling the goods around them were not ordinary carriages either. Instead, they were made up of several large camels that were moving slowly on the road.
This was a caravan from the desert empire, Cardoze.
Compared to five years ago, after forming an alliance with Cardoze, the State of Elka and the Cardoze Empire began to trade. In the past few years, some desert caravans from Cardoze would come to the State of Elka from time to time, bringing all kinds of resources unique to the desert.
However, if it was just an ordinary caravan, although it was rare, it wouldn't attract Qi Mu's attention.
What really attracted them was a flag carried by this caravan.
It was a black flag. On the flag, there was a black eye floating in the wind in Silence. It was like a living creature, watching the surroundings.
Looking at this flag, Qi Mu's expression gradually became serious. "Cardoze's royal family emblem … Is this Cardoze's messenger?"
"Most likely." On the side, looking at the caravan, Suo Ang also frowned. "Half a year ago, I heard that something strange happened in Cardoze. This time, Cardoze's messenger came. I wonder if it's because of this."
"I hope it doesn't involve us." Qi Mu also frowned. Looking at the caravan moving forward in the distance, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
In the past five years, apart from the changes in the State of Elka, there were also many changes in the outside world.
Three years ago, in the largest oasis in Cardoze, there was an explosion of black light. Then, someone dug out a large area of black crystals from the oasis. It was said that this was the prelude to the resurrection of the ancient desert god Cardoze.
Half a year ago, some of the oases in the Cardoze Empire had mysteriously dried up, and large areas of the oases had strangely degenerated into deserts, as if the vitality of the entire oases had been sucked away by something.
Because of this, the situation in the Cardoze Empire was very turbulent. From time to time, there would be tribal rebellions, causing the situation to become chaotic. Even the desert caravans that went to the State of Elka to trade decreased a lot.
Within the Karad Empire, many things were happening as well.
From time to time, news of princes and princesses dying suddenly came from the royal palace of Karad. They looked very miserable before they died, causing everyone in Karad's royal family to feel insecure, afraid that they would be killed at any moment.
At the same time, strange things seemed to be happening in the surrounding countries. There was even news of a fallen Ancient King reviving and slaughtering an entire country.
… …
In the center of Sisley City was a newly built palace.
As the state of Elka gradually became prosperous, the manor that Adil used to live in was demolished. A new palace was built in its place, both in size and luxury.
Walking into the palace, a tall and handsome young man walked on the long path paved with white stone slabs. His eyes sized up the furnishings in the palace.
In his eyes, the palaces around him were built very tall. Every building and every long path was built very beautifully. On both sides of the buildings and the paths, there were all kinds of plants that he had never seen before growing. Under the weak rays of the sun, they emitted bursts of fragrance.
"All of them are Divine Seeds?"
Looking at the various plants planted in the palace, the young man was stunned, a little surprised.
The so-called Divine Seed was another name for extraordinary materials in this world.
Bloodlines contained great power, and so did blood.
Just like in the legends, dragon's blood could make people immortal, the blood and flesh of other bloodline creatures more or less had all kinds of special effects.
The so-called Divine Seeds in this world were plants cultivated using the blood of the royal descendants. Because the royal descendants had different bloodlines, the effects of the Divine Seeds cultivated were also different. However, without exception, they were all very precious.
However, the precious Divine Plants in other places were almost everywhere in this palace. They were densely planted in the surroundings, and looked like decorations that served as a foil to the environment.
These Divine Plants were naturally cultivated by Adil.
In five years, after destroying the southern countries, Adil had obtained a large number of royal descendants with ancient bloodlines.
These royal descendants basically came from the royal families and nobles of the southern countries. The bloodlines in their bodies were generally not strong, and their bloodlines were mottled and messy, so they could not exert much power at all. Therefore, Adil simply made use of waste, and directly extracted the bloodlines in these royal descendants to do various experiments.
As for the various Divine Plants cultivated in front of him, they were incidental to those bloodline experiments.
After looking around and composing himself, the young man continued to walk forward under the guidance of the attendant beside him.
The scope of the palace was very large, and the path was also very long. If it was an ordinary person, they would probably be covered in sweat after walking.
However, these people in front of him were basically royal descendants, so naturally, they would not be like ordinary people. After walking through such a long path, they would still be calm and composed, and did not feel tired at all. In fact, they even seemed to want to continue.
"It's really a good palace. Compared to this, our palace in Cardoze seems simple, except that it's big enough."
Walking through the long palace and looking at the scenery in front of him, the young man sighed sincerely.
"If Marquis Hilata likes the scenery here, when you go back, you can ask the designer who originally designed the palace to help design the blueprint." Hearing the young man's sigh, the person in charge of leading the way turned around and looked at the young man in front of him. He bowed slightly with a gentle and appropriate smile on his face. "As for now, His Excellency the Grand Duke is inside, you can directly go in."
"Thank you." Hilata nodded lightly, then looked behind him and shook his finger.
Behind him, a servant who followed behind him signaled and immediately took out a small bag and gave it to the young man in front of him.
"This is a small gift, please don't refuse."
With a smile on his face, Hilata did not give the other a chance to refuse, and directly strode forward and walked into the palace in front of him.
As he walked in, the door of the hall opened in Silence, and a ray of light slowly bloomed and dissipated in all directions.
Walking into the hall, the young man's expression did not change. He just raised his head and looked forward.
At the front of the hall, a person was sitting in Silence.
It was a handsome and flawless young man, wearing a loose white robe, holding a scroll of letter in his hand, sitting on the seat above and reading in Silence.
As if feeling the footsteps outside, the young man silently turned around and looked at Hilata with a pair of indifferent but deep eyes.
Boom!
Two pairs of eyes instantly met, and the moment he saw Adil, Hilata's body trembled, and his expression suddenly changed.
In his eyes, the young man in front of him was like the most terrifying scourge. Just by sitting there quietly, it was like a fierce tiger entrenched, making people feel supreme majesty.
The majesty of the huge bloodline was vibrating, and the aura of the crimson bloodline kept spreading around, causing the blood in his body to tremble. He almost couldn't help but kneel down and surrender to the king in front of him.
This was the oppression between the bloodlines.
In theory, the crimson bloodline and Kaidoz bloodline were of the same level, and there was no difference between them. It was just that compared to Hilata, the crimson bloodline in Adil's body had been developed to the extreme. Other than the first Ancient King, the other royal descendants could not possibly have a stronger bloodline than his.
Relatively speaking, Hilata was also considered outstanding. Before the age of 30, his strength had reached the third rank, which was the peak of the first rank. With his age, he was definitely considered a genius in this world.
It was just that compared to Adil, he was a little lacking. Facing the crimson bloodline that had been developed to the peak, it was natural for him to be suppressed.
Standing on the spot, feeling the vast, bottomless, terrifying majesty that was like a bottomless abyss, Hilata's face was pale, and his body was trembling slightly as he felt a terrifying pressure.
Even so, he did not have the slightest intention of lowering his head. No matter how much his body trembled, he refused to kneel to Adil.
The next moment, the deep and terrifying gaze disappeared. Then, Adil stood up from his seat, and the terrifying majesty that was originally emitting from his body also disappeared. Standing on the high steps, he looked like an ordinary teenager.
Below, feeling the terrifying aura around him disappear, Hilata secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he raised his head and looked at Adil who was standing in front of him.
"Kaidoz's messenger, Hilata, brings a gift to visit Grand Duke Sisso."
According to Kaidoz's etiquette, he spoke meticulously, and his tone sounded very respectful.
"Hilata … Kaidoz's fifth prince."
Glancing at Hilata, information about him appeared in his mind. Adil's expression was calm, then he said, "Ever since the alliance, every time Kaidoz sent someone, it was just an ordinary messenger. This time, he sent a prince. "
"What do you want to do this time?"
He looked at Hilata who was below the steps in front of him and said calmly.
"On behalf of my ancestor, I brought a message to you, Grand Duke."
Looking at Adil, Hilata stood tall and straight. Although his expression was respectful, there was no weakness in his words, "My ancestor asked me to ask you, does the promise from back then still count?"
As soon as he said that, the place fell into silence, and the spacious hall instantly became quiet.
"The promise from back then …"
After a long time, Adil opened his mouth, stood there and muttered to himself, as if he thought of something.
He naturally knew what the other party meant by the promise.
Five years ago, after a large number of refugees emerged in the State of Elka, due to the lack of food, Adil sent someone to send a letter to King Kaidoz at that time, asking for food and property.
This was a favor owed, and today, it was finally time to return it.
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