The Spirit World

Chapter 526: Chasing the Dragon and the Tiger
In dreams, the three of us are always exhausted. It is better not to dream.

Tonight was a night of rest in the house of Paros. In the study, everyone was anxiously looking at newspapers of different dates in their hands.

Pylos sat almost upright at the table, his eyes staring fiercely at the newspaper in his hand. Although his anger was suppressed, he still had the aura of a rage. The Third World beside him had to use a towel to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

The headline on the newspaper clearly stated the words that made him so angry: [Critical situation! The Imperial Justice Department has detained many non-Imperial visitors, and the Principality of Longxu proposed negotiations but was rejected, mainly including the Principality's envoy Chris Ivan and ten others.]

"Isn't this a falling out?" Pylos pounded the table. "Why on earth did they make such a decision?"

He looked at Kraft, who was also frowning, and asked, "What did you say in your copy?"

Kraft glanced at him and placed it on the table with great reluctance. The title was also scary: [Emergency!]

Pylos took the newspaper and as soon as he opened it, Longxugong's black and white face appeared on the newspaper. This colored image only had Longxugong's portrait, and there were white fluorescent dots around it. This was a standard posthumous portrait.

[Mourning! The peace envoy, the ancient dragon warrior, the Snapdragon Duke Longxu Gong Aochen, was assassinated, and war mobilization is imminent. Watch the whole story of [The Great Purge] in three minutes! ]

Just by reading the title, Pylos' palms began to sweat. After reading it quickly, he roughly understood the whole story.

Seven years ago. No, although the princess and her group disappeared seven years ago, the princess was announced to have disappeared seven years ago. The Qulong faction had lost its backbone and suffered a large number of assassinations. The biggest leader among them was Longxu Gong, and the entire Qulong faction headed by him was divided into many parts.

Emperor Long Xu lost the protection of the princess's legitimate bloodline and was politically imprisoned in the Royal Prison of Fulan. The newly supported collateral prince of the Tiger Chasing Faction [George Elizabeth Nosades] took over as the King of the Principality.

The Tiger Chasing Faction instantly took over the Flying Eagles, including replacing captains of the Flying Eagles in various places, and those with titles changing their badges or having their titles revoked.

The newcomer of the Imperial Household Department, Samuel Lier, who is a member of the Tiger-Chasing Faction, takes over the Imperial Household Department and issues a strategy to strengthen military advisors, as well as a series of high-pressure policies for border guards.

In other words, during the period of their disappearance, an event known as the "Great Purge" occurred within the principality.

The [Magic Platform Publishing House] that published this news went bankrupt soon after, and then the news from a company called [Magic Forbidden Society Publishing House] took the lead.

The tone of the Demon Forbidden Society Publishing House is basically to criticize Lord Longxu, accusing him of wasting the ten years of the empire's decline. During these ten years, large and small incidents of demonic infection occurred in various parts of the empire. When the empire was busy, Lord Longxu insisted on obstructing the expansion of the principality's strategic armaments, wasting a great opportunity for attack.

Therefore, the Tiger Chasing Faction believed that the assassination of such a "big man" who wasted the "national destiny" aroused public resentment, which led to the fact that the principality was still restrained by the empire because of the historical issues of [Tamocha].

According to them, the assassination of Longxu Gong was "deserving of death", the [Great Purge] represented the execution of justice, and the "exile" or imprisonment of the Qulong faction was "what the people wanted".

Kraft looked at Longxugong's portrait, feeling a little dazed and sad.

Everyone felt sad and heartbroken when they thought that he trusted themselves the most, but made them resign from their captaincy and secretly protect the princess, thus escaping a shocking catastrophe and purge.

"It's all my fault." Pylos folded the newspaper sadly and placed it aside according to the year. He lowered his head and didn't know what to do for a moment. He rubbed his eyes and sighed: "If I had gone to help the Third Emperor alone, it would have been better. You stayed seven years ago to protect the princess. If the princess hadn't disappeared for seven years, maybe things wouldn't be as bad as they are now."

"How can you be blamed for this, Pylos? Don't blame yourself." Kraft put his hand on the newspaper, then took it away. He might want to take another look, but suddenly he lost interest: "What I am most worried about is how Her Royal Highness will face it. If George hadn't seen the princess's body, he probably wouldn't have let it go. How would she feel now that she is alone?"

"We must tell her the truth about what happened. The rest depends on herself, Kraft." Pylos clenched his hands tightly. His slender hands were intertwined, as if they could not be separated. He was anxious and in pain. Pylos stared at Kraft with his golden eyes, and was quite determined. His voice was low and very serious: "Listen to me, Kraft, your current identity is very special. You are different from Her Royal Highness the Princess. You are only a former member of the Dragon Sect. If you don't know how to move forward, you may end up pleasing neither side. I believe the Dragon Sect must be thinking about how to stir up this muddy water. But whether they can succeed or not, they still need a bond, and this bond is the Princess who has appeared now. For you, you need to calm down in everything you do."

Pylos took out another newspaper he had not read and tapped it with his hand: "It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

These words were spoken to Kraft. Pylos seemed to know what Kraft would do. Pylos recovered quickly from his sadness. He was just a scholar without any position. He could be just a friend of the princess, not any related person. But Kraft could not do that. The one who died was Longxu Gong, and the one who was imprisoned might be his former colleague. Kraft must have a firm position.

Because in a newspaper, the princess' special [Missing Person Notice] prominently published a color image of the princess.

The princess of a country actually needs to be publicly searched for. The intention of the person who posted this is obvious to everyone.

"I understand. Pylos." Kraft also wanted to calm down from his sadness, but failed. He was obviously choked and took a deep breath.

"Grandpa, is it because of me?" Although Sanshi was a little confused, it was not something she could understand quickly. She also had no idea what the names in the newspaper meant. She could only guess that her arrival led to the disappearance of these seven years. The disappearance of a very important person led to turbulence in the situation and triggered a series of butterfly effects.

The source of this butterfly effect may be that he needs his grandfather's help to save the world that has been dominated by the Bronze Jade Clan's main brain, the Queen Bee.

Although her arrival did not have any impact on her own world, through the theory of time-space jump, the place they returned to was seven years later, not the time when they left, which meant that this was indeed her grandfather's original time and space, not a certain time and space breakpoint - for example, she had never been here, and there were two Pylos at the same time in 2033.

Everything is a continuation of what happened seven years ago, not a new world seven years later.

Pylos sensed her self-blame, but he did not speak to her directly or answer her. Instead, he placed a newspaper in front of her: "Look for the name of Grandpa Tang Zilong and Downton Technology, and record the information about them."

He rubbed his temples and said, "Don't think too much, kid. For a situation like this, it can only be classified as a mild crisis in my opinion. The fact that the situation is bad is not the main problem. The main problem is that we cannot proactively give up facing difficulties."

"Okay~"

In the following period, the information about Tang Zilong can be summarized as Tang Zilong's father, Tang Dun, was depressed because of the disappearance of his beloved son. The research and development of Tang Dun's technological weapons became more extreme and cruel. In addition to the release of various explosive weapons, there were no other products released for any purpose. Of course, there was still one, such as the sale of Tang Zilong's "posthumous work" [Ranger Iron Cavalry] was monopolized by the Tiger Chasing Faction for military vehicles and was not sold to the public.

Although there are many imitations, they are all castrated versions, and there is a lot of information reported in newspapers, most of which are negative.

There is no other information about Tang Zilong.

As for the information about Pylos himself, it must be very little. He is not in the public eye. There is very little news about him, Skarner, Tang Zilong, and even Kraft. This is normal. His ultimate goal is to understand what major events have happened. However, most of the past seven years have been the replacement of Tiger Chaser personnel. There are also relatively few reports on other places, including a decrease in reports on Shadow Hunters.

However, what we know now is that the relationship between the Ether Empire, the Principality of Allan, the Elf Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Beasts is extremely tense, so that people in other places are in danger. There is also an interesting thing, that is, the article of the formal exploration association, an alliance association composed of many archaeologists or exploration purposes [Barenlov Big Hat Exploration Association] made Pylos laugh.

They claimed that the disappearance of Pylos was not a loss to the archaeological community, but rather the end of a "cult" archaeology. The Big Hat Archaeological Association warmly welcomed knowledgeable people to join, and even posted a color "portrait" of Pylos.

The color image was a photo of a giant king cobra that Pylos encountered during an expedition with other explorers. In the image, Pylos was kissing the king cobra, which seemed to be taller than him when standing up. This embarrassing photo did not make Pylos angry, but made him laugh.

Maybe he felt that compared with the great purge that took place in the past seven years and the actual death statistics, this personal ridicule by the Big Hat Association was simply not worth mentioning and was rather childish and ridiculous.

Everyone was feeling a little tired. Tang Zilong came to the study to read the sorted newspapers and put some letters that he thought were useful on the table. Just when they were all feeling a little sleepy, Erica entered the study with a cake and Scana came back with a whole roast duck, making everyone uneasy.

So hungry.

"It's already half past five, we have to go to school." Erica put the cake on the table. I have already prepared breakfast, and Her Royal Highness helped me a lot."

"Where is Her Royal Highness?" Kraft ate the skin of the roast duck, revealing the tender red and white meat of the roast duck.

"Rest in my room." Erica looked at the Third with a chicken leg in each hand and touched her head.

"Are you going to school so early? Is your brother awake?" Polos was eating duck neck. Duck neck was difficult to eat, but he ate it very slowly, without any shame or hesitation, and ate it with relish.

"Yes, I'll go call him now. He should be waking up soon." Erica nodded. She was very tall and wore Fran's magic robe. Her long skirt was also neatly groomed. She looked like a student who was ready to go. When she stood, she was only slightly lower than the bookshelf.

"You guys are cheat students, right?" Pylos watched Tang Zilong pick out the roast duck meat and put it in front of the Third World. Skarner was doing the same thing, and the Third World was eating happily, even overwhelmed, although Tang Zilong would tease her to eat what was in front of her.

"Yes, we are the recommended candidates of the Carolingian family. If there is anyone, there should also be His Excellency Lord Longxu, but it is not easy to mention it now." Erica answered without leaving.

"Indeed." Pylos stood up and wiped off the oil with a towel. "I'm going to see the principal today. Can you lead the way? I have something important to ask him."

"You mean Principal Philip?" Erica put the plate on her waist. If she wore a maid outfit, she would really look like a maid. She probably looked like this when she took care of Lilia Caroline.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Pylos was afraid that there was something wrong, so he walked to his side. Although Pylos was barely as tall as her in terms of height, Erica was thin and looked particularly tall. In addition, she had perfect proportions, with curves in all the right places, and she stood tall and graceful. Pylos seemed to be shorter than him.

"It's okay. I've never met the principal. I just know his name."

"It's not okay for Fran's students not to take the initiative to meet the principal. He is the life mentor of every Fran teacher and student," Polos was very surprised, but he could only stretch and rub his waist.

"I'll take you to see the principal. Don't think that you can't meet the principal because you're an outsider. The outsiders of Fran are all recommended by their families. They're not that bad." Tang Zilong looked at Erica and didn't care about the shyness of this tall girl. "If you haven't met the principal for seven years because of your status as an outsider, then you don't have to. The principal values ​​every student who studies at Fran. If you have any questions, just go and ask them. As long as she's here."

"I understand. Thank you." Erica nodded, but it was obvious that she was still a little concerned about this identity. A normal person would have the same feelings, after all, she was not a formally enrolled student of Fran.

"It's not easy for you two siblings. It's actually quite tiring in Fran. If you say, it's lonely." Skarner spoke, looking at the smiling III.

Erica shook her head: "No, after all, our parents have told us that this situation will happen, and we also know their difficulties. Maybe there was a little bit in the past, but now my brother and I keep each other company and don't feel lonely."

"Where's your brother? Tell him to get up. Let's go for a while. I remember that you can become a full-time employee if you pass the advanced department exam. If your grades are okay, maybe Skarner and I can ask other tutors to help you with tutoring, of course, if you are willing." Pylos patted his body to warm himself up. After sitting for a long time, he would do recovery movements for a long time.

"Thank you for your kindness, but my brother can't learn magic." Erica smiled a little disappointedly: "It seems to be innate, there is nothing we can do about it, but my brother is smart and can make accurate maps and traditional equipment. He also does well in ordinary courses. I wonder if you can help him."

"No magic?"

Pylos looked at Erica.

Erica nodded.

"you sure?"

Tang Zilong put down the roast duck.

Erica nodded.

"Then your brother is quite amazing." Kraft scratched his head: "I remember Lord Longxu said that both of you are extremely talented magicians."

Erica shook her head: "He has tried many ways to expand his magic power, but he still can't learn it. I'm sorry, I didn't lie to you."

"What's the big deal? Kraft, Pylos and I don't know magic either, right? We can still be Fran's mentors, right?" Tang Zilong also stood up and wiped his hands with a towel.

"You are right. I won't refute it. There is only a thin line between genius and madness."

Kraft watched as the study door opened and everyone looked towards that person. A boy with short blond/white hair looked into the study in confusion and asked in a very soft voice.

"Rui Rui, let's go, don't be late."

Everyone looked at him, causing him to tilt his head in confusion. His magic robe was extremely well-proportioned with his tall body.

He touched his chin and closed the door without knowing why.

(End of this chapter)