Chapter 23 Unexpected joy


    According to the elf scout, shortly after he left the Silver City, the man revealed his true face, took over the control of the city, and took out the emperor''s orders - everyone was naturally confused about this. As we all know, the former emperor died suddenly on the way. Where did this come from the new emperor?


    The helpless thing is that his skills are not as good as humans. Moreover, after the Rat Man attack, the City of Silver was insufficient in military strength. In addition, the lord was dead, and the rest were orphans and widows. Although Captain Kado was unwilling to comply, the situation was stronger than the humans, and they were all imprisoned.


    "I originally planned to find a way to notify you and then make plans, but I didn''t expect your actions to be faster than I expected."


    The elf scout looked at the corpse at Duanmuhuai''s feet, looking speechless.


    "Any Chaos lackey has only one dead end."


    Duanmu Huai gave the answer indifferently, while the elf scout shook his head.


    "Forget it, this is not a place to talk, let''s find another place to talk."


    Soon, the group left the hall and found a secret place. Then Duanmu Huai also learned about the recent situation from the elf scout.


    Simply put, the current empire is in chaos.


    First of all, the imperial emperor died suddenly during the expedition, and before his body was transported back to the royal city, the eldest prince couldn''t wait to jump out and say that he was the new emperor of the empire and asked his other brothers and sisters to obey him. Although the empire is the system of eldest son inheritance, everyone knows how can this kind of thing be taken seriously?


    Of course, it is not that simple for a eldest prince to become an emperor, because according to the imperial tradition, only by collecting the descendants of the royal family of four sacred objects can he become the new emperor of the empire.


    These four holy objects are the hammer of the God of Fire, the gift of the God of Water, the scepter of the God of Wind, and the wrath of the God of Earth.


    Among them, the gift function of the Water God is to purify and obtain water sources, the Hammer of the Fire God can be used to create invincible weapons and armor, the Staff of the Wind God can manipulate the weather changes in a region, and the Anger of the Earth God can be used to change the terrain.


    According to the royal tradition, only those who obtain four sacred objects at the same time will become the next emperor. After that, when he gives birth to his children, he will hand over these holy objects to his children and start the next round of competition.


    At present, the eldest prince wants his brothers and sisters to hand over the other three holy relics.


    The eldest prince himself possesses the hammer of the God of Fire, the second prince possesses the scepter of the God of Wind, and the third prince possesses the wrath of the God of Earth. Only the gift of the Water God has no holder, and it was secretly arranged in the Silver City - well, Duanmu Huai has almost guessed who the holder is.


    The remaining two naturally refused the request of the eldest prince. Needless to say, the imperial civil war began. The eldest prince held the hammer of the Vulcan, which brought him great benefits. His soldiers were wearing extremely strong armor and powerful weapons in their hands, defeating the other two men''s troops step by step.


    But this is not the case.


    The expeditionary army, which was defeated because of the emperor''s death, also received the news that the eldest prince had become king. They were immediately furious. One of the people expressed their intention to rush into the royal city and hang the rebellious son who was thinking of usurping the throne before his father''s body was cold. But there is another group of people who say that the country cannot be without a king for a day. As the eldest son, the eldest prince inherits the right thing. What''s more, the expedition has failed and the empire is eyeing by foreign tribes. At this time, everyone should work together to help the eldest prince get to power! This is all for the empire!


    However, the other party obviously does not agree with this argument. For them, they are loyal to the emperor rather than the empire. The emperor is still seeking power and usurping the throne after he dies. This cannot be forgotten!


    So... the Expeditionary Force also split into two factions and then started fighting.


    But this is not over yet.


    With the melee of the Three Emperors (the three princes all claimed that they were the emperor), the originally unstable environment within the empire became increasingly stormy, and the expeditioned alien races were not saints, and they didn''t know how to fight back after being beaten. Now that I heard that the empire is divided, I naturally rushed over while you are sick and want to die.


    In addition, there are other real power lords who have never given up in the empire, who have been unwilling to give up, and have now jumped out of some corner, publicly claiming that the empire''s territory is his country and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the empire...


    In short, the empire is now also dancing with demons and storms. The eldest prince was not steadily sitting on the throne, so he had to send his loyal subordinates to lead his troops to other territories and "recover" these territories as much as possible.


    The Silver City was also targeted for the unlucky reason, not to mention that it was also attacked by the evil **** believers, and the lord died - for the eldest prince, this was simply the most perfect homeless land.


    Unexpectedly, the subordinate he sent to take over was knocked to death by Duanmu Huai.


    "I want me to tell you that you can clean up the fines and soft things now, and then hide in a deep forest where there is no one. It''s not too late to come out after they have finished playing with pig brains."


    After listening to the elf scout''s analysis of the current situation, Duanmu Huai decisively gave his own suggestions. In his opinion, the City of Silver is basically over, and the leaders of the people have almost run away. The defenders were also seriously injured due to the joint attack of the corrupt believers and the rat man. Although Alisa is likely and very likely to be the emperor''s fourth offspring, it is just that.


    With her personality, she doesn''t expect her to be a queen.


    So... the most important thing is to run away to save your life.


    The world is so big, where can’t you go? Even if the empire is in chaos, there is not only the empire on this planet. First remove places such as elves and dwarves, and there are some other countries, right?


    Everyone was helpless about Duanmu Huai’s suggestion, but they had to admit that this is the only way at present. The City of Silver itself is desolate and barren, and extremely remote. To be honest, staying here and holding on is not a good choice.


    If it were online novels, Duanmuhuai should stay and occupy the city at this time, establish himself as the king, and then use his own power to absorb refugees from all sides, and then sweep the eight desolates and unify the empire... Duanmuhuai said that he should forget it. He is a judge, and the first priority is to eliminate chaos and find sacred objects. What farming game is to put the cart before the horse is put.


    Besides, even if you play, you have to find a place with a higher level of civilization. It is better than the Middle Ages.


    Although he made a decision, Duanmu Huai had a disagreement with the elf scout on another matter.


    That’s about whether to take away the “Gift from the Water God”.


    Duanmuhuai believes that it is useless to hold this thing and will cause death to others. It is better to stay here and let the other princes fight for it. But the elf scout said that this was a royal sacred object and could not be taken away by those greedy people, so she felt that she should leave the empire with the gift of the God of Water, and then find a secret corner to completely seal it...


    Of course Duanmu Huai doesn''t think this is a good idea. Don''t you see many plots at the beginning of Xihuan RPG are the protagonist living in a peaceful village. One day, the army was approaching and destroyed the village. Only then did the protagonist realize that there was a big secret hidden in his village... Isn''t this nonsense?


    From this we can see that there is no secret that can be preserved forever.


    Especially this kind of royal symbol is something that everyone wants, and it is too difficult to count on them not to track them down. The two argued for a long time, and finally both sides took a step back - Alyssa could leave with this holy relic, but before going abroad, she had to hand over the hot potato to avoid causing a murder.


    After all, the main function of the gift of the God of Water is to purify the water source and purify any liquid into pure water... This thing is indeed of little significance to ordinary people.


    In the end, the escape plan was settled, and the only thing to do next was to lift the seal and take away the gift of the Water God.


    So, in the evening of that day, Duanmuhuai and others came to the temple again.


    There was still a disgusting smell in the temple. Although the corpses of the rats and corrupt believers had been burned completely, the dark red blood splashed on the walls were mixed with some yellow and green things and some unknown color, which still made people feel vomiting.


    The elf scout came to the statue, recited the spell again, opened the seal, and then the huge pearl appeared in front of everyone again.


    Looking at the pearl in front of him, Alisa hesitated for a moment, walked forward and slowly stretched out her hand. As expected, when she came into contact with the holy object, she did not get bolted away like an elf scout. On the contrary, just as Alyssa grabbed the pearl, a ray of light flashed through the huge pearl, and then the surface that originally looked dull began to emit a slight fluorescence.


    And at the same time...


    【Didu---! 】


    [The sacred relic signal was detected and the coordinates of the sacred relic have been locked]


    “……Ha?”


    Looking at the system prompt that jumped out in front of him, Duanmu Huai was stunned. He looked at the system information and then looked at the pearls in Alisa''s hand...


    This is OK?


    For Duanmu Huai, this was indeed an accident. You should know that he had scanned this pearl before, but the system did not react at that time. But now when Alyssa gets it, her system actually reacts? Could it be that it was because of that seal that the entire holy object was blocked, so I couldn’t feel it before, and Alisa lifted the seal, so she could feel it?


    There is still such a thing?


    "………King Master? What''s wrong?"


    Watching Duanmu Huai staring at her without saying a word, Alisha was a little surprised, while Duanmu Huai was silent for a moment, then looked at Alisha.


    "Alisha, how about we make a deal? Give me this and I will protect you from leaving the empire."


    "Why?"


    Hearing this, Alisa and her mother were both stunned, while the elf scout frowned.


    "What do you mean?!"


    “That’s what I mean.”


    Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the elf scout.


    “I came here to find something, and this is one of them.”


    "But you didn''t say it before."


    The elf scout still remembered that Duanmu Huai and he checked the gift from the Water God with him, but at that time he said nothing.


    "I didn''t know that this was what I was looking for at that time. It was not until Alyssa took it and unsealed it, and I felt its breath..."


    As he spoke, Duanmu Huai looked at Alisha again. However, to his surprise, before Alisha could say anything else this time, she took the initiative to reach out and handed the pearl to Duanmu Huai.


    "Please accept it, Lord Knight."


    "Oh? Is this really okay?"


    "certainly."


    Hearing Duanmuhuai’s inquiry, Alisha smiled embarrassedly.


    "The Knight has saved me so many times, and... this thing is of no use to me. Since the Knight comes for it, please accept it."


    "Thanks."


    Looking at Alisa, Duanmu Huai nodded, and then reached out to get the "Gift from the Water God".


    "I promise, I will send you out safely."


    (This chapter ends)