Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 283 Leader-level meeting

Walking into his living room, the first thing Xia Houyan noticed was not His Majesty Basil, the Emperor of the Empire, but the royal guards brought by His Majesty Basil.

In fact, since he entered the room, he felt an unusual sense of oppression:

The living room of Igor's mansion, which was originally quite spacious, was suddenly crammed with four heavily armored men in black armor among the baroque-style ornately decorated furniture. At the opening ceremony of the festival, Xia Houyan had seen these dressed warriors from afar, and knew that they were the full-time bodyguards of His Majesty the Emperor and court dignitaries, the "Royal Guard" that the empire was proud of.

But if he took a closer look, he could understand why these black-armored warriors are so famous, even enough to make the orc swordsman fearful——

The famous "Epirus Reaper" heavy armor on each royal guard, its black metal surface is overflowing with dark golden brilliance, it is obviously cast directly from extremely high-purity magic metal, at first glance, its The hardness and thickness are much stronger than Clement's ghostly metal armor, and the gorgeous golden olive pattern engraved on the armor is enough to make the rough armorsmiths of the Shuangfengling craftsman group feel ashamed and ashamed;
A considerable part of the equipment of the elite infantry of the empire, although called "heavy armor", actually only has steel protection in some key parts, and the joints and other parts are often lined with fine chain mail - saving materials is On the one hand, if the armor thickness of the soldiers is really to be made in the direction of the Yamato, the soldiers may not be stabbed to death by the enemy, but they will be crushed to death by the heavy metal on their bodies first...

However, the "Epirus Reaper" heavy armor is a complete counterexample:

The whole set of armor did not cut corners at all. The thickness of the armor plate was even one level thicker than that of ordinary heavy armor. Even the joints of the armor were completely covered with metal sheathing, so that even a fly could not get in. .

It stands to reason that the armor made in this abnormal way has outstanding protection ability, but it is too heavy, and the armor structure design at the joints will also make it inconvenient for the warrior wearing the armor to move. It is a standard iron can that is beaten in place;
But the "Epirus Reaper" armor, known as the highest peak of Molten Valley's skill, is of course not so simple:

Xia Houyan clearly felt that around the four royal guards, there was an obvious wind-type magic power flowing slowly, and the magic power fluctuated even more at the joints of the armor!
Obviously, on the inner walls of these black heavy armors, the imperial alchemist engraved the wind rune magic circle, and the wind magic power continuously supplied by the magic circle can not only reduce the weight of the heavy armor by lifting it, but even lubricate it. The joints of the "Epirus Reaper" armor allow the royal guards wearing the armor to move more flexibly!
In short, as long as you wear this armor, you can have the protection ability of super heavy armor and the sensitivity and mobility of light armor at the same time - and the price of all the benefits is that you have to pay a lot of money Imperial Gold Coins...

Good equipment costs money——Xia Houyan, who has been in charge of Shuangfengling for a long time and knows that money is expensive, naturally knows it well.

But that doesn't stop him from having red eyes on the Royal Guard's equipment:

If the "Epirus Reaper" armor only made the lord jealous, the standard weapons in the hands of the imperial guards completely made him feel cold:
Every imperial guard of the empire held a fine steel rod as tall as a man.

Of course, these iron rods are not magic rods used by mages to pretend and cast spells: as evidence, the surface of each iron rod is overflowing with lavender magic streamer, which means that they are similar to "Epirus Death" Like the armor, it is entirely made of heavy and expensive magic metals—if a magician comes, it is still a question of whether they can lift these iron rods;

What's even more frightening is that the vine-like top of each iron rod is inlaid with a priceless "Magic Crystal of Light of Heaven". The top condenses into an extremely unstable magic light ball;
Xia Houyan took a closer look at the strong magical tremor inside the ball of light, and preliminarily judged that as long as a huge force is exerted on it, this thing can directly be driven by the user's thoughts, with itself as the center of a circle. The scale is explosive!
Considering the excellent properties of the magic metal itself, the "big iron stick" in the hands of the royal guards is obviously a superb weapon with excellent physical and magical attacks!

Ever since digging the treasure house of the ancestors of the elves on Dragon Bone Peak, a rich man in the wilderness who became rich overnight has not had a kind of financial strength that is better than mine, and the people's rich man has made a speculator famous. ;
However, seeing the standard equipment of the Imperial Royal Guard at close range, he found that he was still too far behind:

The human empire dominates the mainland, and the painstaking management and capital accumulation of thousands of years are of course far from being equal to the wealth of an elf treasure house!
The lord of Frost Maple Ridge, who was suffering from insufficient firepower phobia and too thin armor phobia, looked at the equipment of the royal guards of the empire with his eyes like a hungry wolf, and then twisted his neck back reluctantly. To the supreme head of the human empire, who is guarded in the center by four royal guards:
Emperor of the Empire, His Majesty Basil Palioglo III.

Previously, Xia Houyan had only seen the head of state from afar at the opening ceremony of the St. Augustus Festival, and from the perspective of His Majesty the Emperor, this might be the first time he had come into contact with Vincent Igor. The heir, the young lord who was sent to the wasteland of the land of cracking soul by himself.

However, to Xia Houyan's surprise, His Majesty the Emperor, who specially sent Begrade to call him over, did not look at him;
His Majesty the Emperor, guarded by four black-armored guards, turned his back to the lord of Shuangfengling who had just entered the door, put his hands behind his back, and slightly raised his head to look up at the huge oil painting on the north wall of Igor's mansion.

His Majesty's back was motionless, thoughtful, with an indescribable sense of heaviness.

Xia Houyan narrowed his eyes and looked at the decorative oil painting His Majesty the Emperor was staring at;
It turned out that the oil painting was his hapless father, the former Duke of Eagle's Rest, Vincent Igor.

This oil painting was hung in the reception room by Mr. Black two days ago;
Due to living in the dusty basement for a long time, if you get close to the surface of the oil painting, you will also smell a pungent dusty smell, which will make you sneeze several times. He pretended to be arty, but was unfortunately tricked when he was close to the oil painting to appreciate the strokes, and was ridiculed by Lena Leslie for a long time.

Of course, the lord took revenge that night, ahem.

What puzzled Xia Houyan at this moment was how could His Majesty stare at this oil painting and see the magic...

You know, the old Vincent Igor on the painting was ordered to have his head chopped off by His Majesty himself...

But Xia Houyan didn't bother to care about the nerves of the supreme ruler of the empire.

Since His Majesty looked at the painting with fascination and didn't realize that someone had entered the door, Xia Houyan had to raise his fist and cleared his throat loudly.

Facing a supreme emperor of the empire, this move was really a little disrespectful. The four royal guards all turned their heads and looked at the young black-haired lord.

But only the Emperor of the Empire, His Majesty Basil Palioglo III, did not have any special reaction.

His Majesty the Emperor stared at the portrait of Vincent Igor for another two seconds, then turned around in a very slow motion, and silently looked at Lord Shuangfengling standing at the door of the reception hall.

It doesn't matter if you don't look back, Xia Houyan was taken aback by His Majesty's turning around.

Xia Houyan knew that the emperor of the empire was 60 or [-] years old this year, but according to experience, such court nobles were generally well maintained, and there were a bunch of court mages serving them, so their physical age would be much younger than the actual age.

At the opening ceremony of the St. Augustus Festival earlier, Xia Houyan only had a glimpse of His Majesty Basil, and the impression His Majesty left on him was that he was a little old, but still full of energy.

But at this moment, looking closely, Xia Houyan was really shocked by His Majesty Basil's old-fashioned appearance:

Although the old emperor was wearing a bloated and full imperial satin dress, his wrists exposed from the cuffs were frighteningly thin, to the point of skinny bones;

On His Majesty's cheeks, there are dense wrinkles, coupled with an unhealthy pale color, it is shocking as if the skin has been over-rinsed and wrinkled;
Xia Houyan would even subconsciously feel that the emperor's time is numbered...

Does Your Majesty have any children?Who is the heir? ——The lord was thinking wildly for a while.

The court attendant who had been staying in the corner of the living room hurried forward, supported the emaciated Emperor, and handed him a white silk handkerchief.

His Majesty Basil took the handkerchief, carefully wiped the corners of his eyes, and then looked up at the young lord of Frost Maple Ridge.

After a while, His Majesty the Emperor showed a weak smile.

"Eliot Igor..." His Majesty Basil stretched out his finger, nodded at the lord, and smiled tremblingly, "You...you look very much like your father..."

Xia Houyan didn't know how to answer these words.

(End of this chapter)