Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 388 Whereabouts unknown
The Sun Hall in the royal capital of Rodel.

Furshanks changed into a neat and slim black dress and sat leisurely in the reception room, waiting to be summoned by Radagon.

In three years, this once unkempt, impatient and restless ancient dragon priest has become the true master of the Rodel Ancient Dragon Temple system.

After staying with Lucia for a long time, perhaps because of the influence of her, not only has Ful's actions and thoughts become countless times more calm, but his personal image has also become much more refined.

He fished out a silver pocket watch from the breast pocket of his dress, opened the lid and glanced at the time, and even had the leisure to stretch out a few fingers to smooth the loose hair on his forehead.

"From now on, you represent the image of Fam Azra in Rodel - even if no one would believe you are Sister Lance's brother just by your appearance, at least you can't embarrass me."

The prince's harsh words in the past echoed in Ful's mind, and it still hurt him to recall them.

What do you mean no one will believe that I am my sister's brother?

I am good in the first place!
Don’t think that there’s anything great about the fact that you were all born with silver hair, ice-blue eyes, and stunning looks!
Ful examined the handsome and tough face reflected in the quartz glass, bared his white teeth, and narrowed his eyes proudly.

Now that even His Highness is not here, who can still say that he cannot represent the elegant image of Fam Azra?

"Priest Ful, Master Priest"

The gentle call in his ear finally brought Forl, who had been fantasizing for a long time, back to his senses. He looked at the maid who had obviously been waiting at the door for a long time, cleared his throat pretentiously, and said, "Did those old men who were half buried in the ground finally come to a conclusion?"

How could the maid dare to respond to such a question? She bowed with a pale face and said, "Your Majesty said that the incident happened suddenly. I have troubled you to wait here for so long. I hope you will forgive me for packing up and follow me into the audience."

"No problem." Ful put away his pocket watch, stood up in a very good mood, and followed the trembling figure of the little girl to the main hall on the seventh floor.

The Sun Hall has always been the place where the top dignitaries of the Golden Dynasty discuss military and national affairs. The servants and guards who can serve here have all been carefully selected. To scare people like this, it can't be that Forsanx's human form looks too ugly, right?
I was invited here to attend this emergency meeting an hour ago, but it was suddenly delayed for so long. I don't need to release my mental perception, I can tell with my tail that there is a quarrel again.

Walking in the elegant and luxurious corridor, Full stretched comfortably.

He remembered that when he saw his sister in charge of the Ancient Dragon Temple, she would occasionally reveal her worry, anxiety, anger and even fear to him in private. From then on, Lance wanted him to stop following Godwin around all day and take more responsibilities of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty.

At that time, he only thought that assisting Godwin was the only way out for the dynasty. He only responded to his sister's words verbally and did not agree with them in his heart.

But now that I have been following His Highness for a long time, although I am often dumbfounded by his fantastic ideas and practices, after a long time I found that the difficulties that my sister had faced in the past did not seem to fall upon me at all.

His Highness not only possesses power that outshines all other demigods of his generation, but he also knows how to use this power as a bargaining chip to gain greater power. He accurately grasps the boundaries of mutual compromise and restraint among the three major dynasties, and then dances to his heart's content on this dangerous line.

In just three years, Rodel seemed to have become the backyard of their Ancient Dragon Dynasty, while the Golden Nobles who had always looked down on others for more than ten years were forced to fuss and glare every day, as if everyone had become Du'oris since Du'oris was exiled. This was also the case today.

When the forces outside the negotiating table are too strong, they have often won before the negotiations even begin.

Now all he had to do was to receive the fruits of his victory.

"Priest Fur is here, come, come, come, please take a seat——"

Radagon showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the arrival of Folshanks and reserved the first seat closest to him for him.

Full glanced around inconspicuously. All the people sitting in the hall were familiar faces, including Kelly, Baldwin, Stevenson, and Woodroffe. However, Taylor Jones was missing this time, and there were several more "neutral" nobles who were previously considered to be biased towards the Old Party.

The news that Queen Marika has fallen into a deep sleep may not be known to outsiders yet, but it is no secret at all to the high-ranking nobles above the rank of earl within the Golden Dynasty. And now, the turmoil brought about by the queen's temporary exit has begun to emerge.

Perhaps in a few days, even those surnames with the longest inheritance and the greatest glory in the old party genealogy will become guests of honor in Radagon. After all, in the dual system of God and King, the fate of God and King are connected and they share weal and woe. There is nothing wrong in being loyal to the king, isn't it?
After sitting down, Radagang took Ful's arm and first intimately praised the Ancient Dragon Temple for its recent assistance to the royal capital in quelling the epidemic. He said that the promised first batch of reward materials had been sent to the ocean-going fleet, and the subsequent batches would be shipped in batches within half a month.

In this session, the New Party nobles present also tried their best to show the dignity and elegance of the Golden Nobility. Led by Duke Kellyr, many nobles spoke in praise of the Ancient Dragon Temple, and even traced back to the time when the two countries turned from enemies to friends after the Battle of Dragon Tree. They enthusiastically affirmed the unbreakable friendship between Rodel and Fam Azra, and offered high blessings to the Ancient Dragon King-to-be Lucia Shanks who was thousands of miles away.

At this time, Fuer suddenly looked worried and sighed, "I am very grateful for your kind words, but Your Highness led the army to the north to defend the dignity of the three dynasties, and no news has been sent back yet, which really makes us, the ministers, worried!"

As soon as these words were spoken, several New Party nobles who were trying to force a smile and rack their brains to think of a blessing suddenly stood there in a daze.

What? We're still laying the groundwork, but you're already jumping straight into the point?
Fortunately, the important ministers were all experienced. Duke Baldwin smiled gently and said, "We have all witnessed the ability of His Highness Lucia. It was not a problem for him to fight against the ancient evil god in Galid before. What's more, this trip is just to quell the rebellion? It's just..."

The old duke turned his head and glanced at Radagan, whose expression changed immediately, and he seemed quite dissatisfied with this turn of events.

Ful also looked at Radagon, then turned to Duke Baldwin and said with a smile, "Why, Your Majesty and the others, please come down to discuss matters. Is there something that you cannot tell an outsider like me?"

"This..." Duke Baldwin looked embarrassed, until Radagan snorted unhappily and helplessly, he finally told the story.

"That's right. Your Majesty didn't want us to discuss this matter with Priest Fule, so as not to make it seem like we don't trust our allies enough. Especially now that His Majesty Lucia is still fighting outside, it would inevitably make our people look cold-hearted if we had to delve into it. But this is about the Northern Expedition and His Majesty's safety, and Priest Fule is one of us. I personally think it's better to discuss it with him."

Ful blinked, as if he was confused, and said, "Your Excellency, please feel free to tell me what it is."

Duke Baldwin looked around for the third time, sighed, and came closer to whisper, "After you and Sir Christopher led the two suspected troops to turn back, Kalia also sent back news today that His Highness and the Northern Expedition Army, who were supposed to appear at the Yatan portal and head north with Kalia's 30,000 royal knights, did not arrive as scheduled, and their whereabouts are currently unknown."

(End of this chapter)