Imperial Crown.

Chapter 497: How the Great Emperor Was Trained

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"Sliver, you should read this book carefully."

Paine stretched out his hand from his wide sleeves and handed over a thick book with a pure black cover, as big as an adult's chest.

Slipher's wolf eyes drooped slightly, and he saw a huge title written in gold on the black cover full of fine wrinkles - "How the Great Emperor Was Made".

"What do you mean?" Sliver was a little confused.

"This should be Raven's autobiography." Paine said calmly, "It tells the story of how a small underground gangster became the master of the empire step by step. Although the place names and names of people are deliberately obfuscated, they are 70% similar to Raven's experience." After saying that, Paine did not wait for Sliver to respond and added, "So far, only the first volume has been written."

"Sliver, no matter how much you hate the human race and despise Raven! But I think you should at least understand your enemy, instead of making decisions blindly when you know nothing about him!" Paine said earnestly: "Do you understand Raven? Do you know his growth experience? The details described in this book are very real. I believe that it cannot be written without personal experience! Do you know? Raven had an affair with his aunt, and at the same time, he repeatedly planned to kill his aunt's biological son?!" Paine's tone gradually became excited, "You... Do you know that for the sake of the imperial title, Raven could even kill his wife's brother and cut off his head as a token of his loyalty? ! " At this point, Paine took a deep breath, "Such a person, for his own interests and titles, would even turn his loved ones around him into pawns, and would ruthlessly abandon them! He is a natural politician, conspirator, and schemer! He is not a hero, but he is definitely a tyrant! Therefore, every step he takes, even every word he says, is full of performance traces and deep intentions. "

Then Paine's voice became a little strange. "You are right. I often say 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. I also learned it from this book! But what impressed me most was not this sentence, but what he said to his trusted civil servants - it was not because he became the emperor that he had the emperor's mindset, but he had the emperor's mindset from the beginning, so he had a chance to become the emperor!"

Although Paine concealed it very well, Slipher still heard something unusual in his suppressed voice, "You actually admire him?"

"Such a strong man is worth following, isn't he?" Paine did not deny his true thoughts.

"Then tell me," Sliver swung the letter in his hand, "what is the purpose of Raven's letter?"

Paine was silent for a moment, then said after a pause: "From what I know about him, this extremely cold and selfish person will never sacrifice his own interests in exchange for an alliance with you! So he expected you to refuse, and then use this to occupy the moral high ground, so that he can attack you with a legitimate reason, and put you at a disadvantage at the negotiation table! In this way, he can control the rhythm of the negotiations to force you to surrender!" Paine said uncertainly: "That's why I asked you to agree to him, pretend to be submissive, and wait and see what happens."

"laugh"

Sliver couldn't help but chuckle again, "I agree with what you said, but have you forgotten that we still have the Bloodstone Wall? Do you think that with the few people he has, he can break through my Bloodstone Wall? Even if he breaks through it in one out of ten thousand chances, my werewolf clan and I, Sliver, are not afraid of him! Paine, you are not an orc after all. If you were, you would understand that in the face of the crushing of absolute power, any conspiracy is useless!" The pride on Sliver's face was obvious, "Although we orcs have brains and can think, we believe in the supreme power more! Instead of those twisted conspiracies and tricks! This is the biggest difference between orcs and humans! Not only will I not help Raven, I will also take away all his benefits, squeeze out all his value, and leave Silver Mane a completely useless waste!"

Pan nodded as if he was convinced, "I hope the Beast God will bless you. It's right."

"Ah"

Sliver let out a scornful laugh, but before he could continue speaking, he suddenly heard a very noisy and chaotic sound coming from outside.

"My Lord Patriarch", "My Lord Viscount", "My Lord"...

Someone kept calling out to Sliver, as if calling out for his soul.

Sliver frowned and walked out with Payne. Looking down from the third floor of the castle, he saw that the green grass and the mountains were full of werewolves running towards his castle!

"What's going on?" Sliver was a little confused for a moment, "Could it be that someone has rebelled? Want to seize power?"

Because the orcs, from top to bottom, from old to young, all worship and believe in power, the way to resolve disputes is also simple and crude, either launching a one-on-one fight or joining forces to attack. So whether it was Mupe at the beginning or Sliver at the moment, the first thought that popped into their minds was that the subordinates wanted to "seize power"!
"No, there are many injured!" Paine looked more carefully.

Slipher's emerald green eyes shone with a faint light, and he found many werewolves with blood on their bodies! This made Slipher's heart suddenly skip a beat, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

They quickly came downstairs, and one of the werewolves, who was very powerful, cried out, "Sir, Lord Sliv, it's collapsed! It's all over!"

"What collapsed!" Looking at O'Dowd, who was in a state of shock and couldn't even speak clearly, Slipher nervously shouted, "Speak clearly! What happened?!"

"It's a dragon!" O'Dowd shouted, "Raven's subordinates actually have an adult dragon, which has destroyed our Bloodstone Wall! Fortunately, I ran fast enough, otherwise I would have become the dragon's blood food!"

"wrong!!"

Sliver roared suddenly, feeling unbelievable in his heart, "Nine out of ten things are wrong! Lei Mingming just sent a letter for help, and you came to tell me that the Bloodstone Great Wall collapsed! How is this possible! Are you lying?" This feeling was too uncomfortable, and Sliver really couldn't digest and accept it for a while. The Bloodstone Great Wall that had stood for hundreds of years was reduced to ashes in an instant, "Are you trying to tell me that he sent a letter and then sent a dragon to smash the Bloodstone Great Wall?!"

Upon hearing this, O'Dowd was shocked, with a dumbfounded look in his eyes. "Sir! How did you know?! That Raven is so despicable and cunning. He just sent someone to deliver a letter to you, saying that he would hand it to you personally, and not long after, he sent a dragon to attack the Bloodstone Wall!"

“Giant dragon…” Sliver seemed to have lost all his energy and murmured in a low voice, “How is this possible?”

Seeing this, Paine stepped forward and asked, "O'Dowd, you said a dragon bombarded the Bloodstone Wall. Then let me ask you, how long did the Bloodstone Wall last before it collapsed? Did you see the dragon with your own eyes? Are you sure it wasn't their magic or magic crystal cannon?!" Paine looked solemn, "The dragon is also a member of the Orc Empire, and one of the two overlords on par with the Titans. How could it be possible to submit to Raven?!"

"Really! It's true, sir!" O'Dowd's wolf head shook violently, and the wolf hair on his head with coagulated blood swayed like sea water. "I really saw it with my own eyes! That dragon blocked out the sky and was at least bigger than a dozen werewolves like me combined! Three breaths! Just three breaths of dragon breath, and it took less than an hour before the Bloodstone Wall collapsed! As for why the dragon obeyed Raven, I don't know!" After O'Dowd finished explaining, he asked anxiously, "Sir, what should we do next?"

"You're welcome!" Paine said, frowning.

"Treat us?" Not only O'Dowd was confused, but even Sliver beside him was confused. They didn't understand what Paine meant!
"Yes!" Paine nodded. "I will write a letter right now and ask Raven to come to Moonstone Castle. If he comes, it will prove that there is still room for maneuver!"

"What if he doesn't come?" Sliver asked doubtfully.

"If you don't come, we can only avoid it for the time being!" Paine sighed, then looked at Sliver beside him, "Sliver, do you really trust me?"

Sliver understood the hidden meaning in Paine's words and nodded, "Okay! You will lead the negotiations this time! But you must not sacrifice too much!" "I know that," Paine nodded.

A few hours later, after calming down the panicked remnants of the defeated army and sending Paine's letter away, Sliver sat down on the stone throne somewhat dejectedly. On this stone throne was a tiger skin with a conspicuous pattern, which was a complete tiger skin of the Tiger People in the Bloody Roar Province! "You're right! I was wrong, I was too careless!" Sliver said leisurely, touching the wound on his left arm that was broken at the socket.

"Things haven't gotten to the worst yet." At this moment, Paine became optimistic. "Sliver, you are not wrong! It's just that Raven is too unfathomable! No one would have thought that he would have a dragon in his hands! It's nothing."

"Are you...comforting me?" Sliver looked at Paine in surprise.

Paine shook his head. "This is not to comfort Sliver! You are my benefactor, I will not betray you! Never! And absolutely not! But as a bystander, I know very well what Raven needs now. He needs your help, Sliver! Unless he wants to leave the Orc Empire! Otherwise, there is no need for him to destroy the Bloodstone Wall! He is deliberately creating chaos. Chaos is a ladder! Although I don't know why Raven must stay in the Orc Empire, if he wants to stay, he must form an alliance with you!"

Sliver blinked his wolf eyes a few times, "I seem to have heard that it was the Emperor of Keynes who asked him to capture a Titan cub! Could it be because of this?"

"Of course there are domestic political factors." Paine affirmed, "But this does not fit Raven's character. If it was just because of this, he could have retreated back to the Mangtali Province and sent his soldiers to the Orc Empire to put on a show! He must have a more ambitious but unknown goal!"

"Are you really planning to form an alliance with him?" Sliver's expression was stiff. He stretched out his hand and grasped one of the broken stones from the stone table in his remaining right claw. He slowly kneaded it into powder and it flowed slowly from his fingertips like fine sand. "Have you considered the consequences of doing this?!"

Paine put his hands in his sleeves and said in a neutral voice: "Only those who survive are worthy of considering the consequences."

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"Damn it Raven! Where did you hide my child? Hand it over to me now!"

After waiting for Thor and the others to come back, she saw that the three cubs were carrying so much weight and were out of breath. Zorzaan was heartbroken! She immediately killed a few werewolves to feed her cubs, but she had just enjoyed the family happiness for a while, and when she turned around, the largest red dragon cub was gone again! Zorzaan searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so she realized that it was hidden by Raven again, and she roared in anger.

"You can't find it. If you have the guts, kill me!" Raven showed a rogue attitude.

Zorzaen turned around and slapped a few more werewolves to death in anger! All the werewolf captives immediately became terrified. Some of them even urinated without control.

"Master", "Lord Earl", "Sir"...

Thor and the others came forward to pay their respects, and Raven nodded, "Why? Didn't you wait for Silvermane and the others?"

"Ugh." Thor showed an embarrassed look on his face. "Nothing can escape the eyes of the master! Silver Mane doesn't dare to cross the river, but I challenged him on your behalf."

"Declaration of war? What declaration of war?" Raven asked in surprise.

"Let him come to Nightmaw Province for a decisive battle." Thor said stiffly. He knew that he would be scolded again.

"Oh," Raven responded calmly.

"Huh?" Thor wondered, "Didn't I get the right script?" He raised his eyes and looked at Raven quietly. Several local second-generation extraordinary people around him were also shocked. They couldn't believe that Count Raven would just let Thor, who acted on his own, go so easily!
"What are you still standing there for? Go back and rest. Come to my tent for a meeting tomorrow." Raven said softly.

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief and scattered like birds and beasts.

But there were still two people who stood there in a daze, tapping their toes in embarrassment.

"Greetings, Lord Raven!" Seeing that everyone had left, Jiujiulinga, who could no longer hide, knelt on the ground, crawled forward on his knees, and bowed deeply to Raven. On his wrinkled green face, a happy expression appeared appropriately, as if he was genuinely happy to see Raven.

"Come on, come quickly." Jiujiulinga looked at Igni who was as motionless as a piece of wood, and quickly knelt on the ground, waving his hand and blinking his eyes to signal her.

Raven didn't say anything either. He just leaned on the crutches in front of his crotch and looked at Igni quietly.

Finally, Igni couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere and heavy pressure, and gave up, and walked over with the magic-sealing steel shackles on her feet. "Are you Raven?" From her expression, it was easy to see her disdain. Isn't it said that Raven is very handsome?
"It's me." Raven nodded. "May I know the name of this beautiful lady?"

"Igni, sir, her name is Igni." Jiujiulinga, who was kneeling on the ground, hurriedly interrupted.

However, the next moment, he saw Raven, who was originally hunched over, suddenly raised his crutch and smashed it hard on his head. With a clang, the sharp horn on Jiujiulinga's head was instantly broken off. His eyes rolled back and he immediately fainted.

"Did I ask you? You're being nosy." Raven put away his cane and put on a warm expression again. "Beauty, what was your name just now? I didn't hear it clearly."

"Igne! My name is Igne!"

Igni was obviously frightened by the scene just now, and she pretended to be calm! But her trembling voice betrayed her inner unrest.

"Oh"

Raven's expression became calmer. "I am building my Bloodstone Castle. I will invite you to visit it when it is completed. Now, you go down and stay there obediently. Let your Eagle captives work hard to build the castle for me."

Raven waved his hand, a trace of fatigue on his face.

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(End of this chapter)