Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 259: Raise the banner of Her Majesty the Empress!

Baron Marlin Paxson held the scepter against the captain's brow. The ripples triggered by the tip of the scepter caused thousands of flashing runes to emerge in the air, like a school of hungry piranhas, pouncing on the light spots emanating from the captain's forehead.

The lips parted slightly, the voice was clear and powerful:
"Humble human ant, in the name of the Seventh Starlight, I command you to submit to me!"

Baron Marin's voice caused the book to tremble, and dazzling starlight suddenly burst out from the captain's left chest, and interlocking star chains emerged under his skin.

Baron Marin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the chains. Just as he was about to continue casting the spell, a sudden voice made him tense up:

“The Seventh Starlight?
If I remember correctly, the remnants of the Star Clan were divided into levels of Stardust, Star Shine, Starlight, Star Envoy, and Star Lord.

You are the Seventh Starlight, so it seems your rank within the Starlight Clan is not low either."

Baron Marin's eyes were filled with deep horror. He turned around suddenly and looked at Cohen in disbelief for revealing the clan's secret so easily.

A handsome and noble young man with a familiar face!

Of course, what made him even more wary was the mysterious middle-aged man next to Cohen whose depth was hard to tell.

Baron Marin quickly interrupted the spell. Without the magic blessing, the captain lying on the ground groaned in pain, but still did not wake up.

Cohen stared at Baron Marin, who looked like he was facing a formidable enemy, with great interest and asked curiously:
"How many survivors of the Xingmang Clan are there?

Are they all in the northwest continent?
Are there any remnants of the Star Tribe in Aifeiyin?"

We're Effiin!
Hearing this title, combined with Cohen's familiar face, Baron Marin's mind was struck by lightning, and a name that terrified the entire Kingdom of Ceylon emerged in the depths of his mind -

King of Effiin, Lord of Shadows, Coron Corleone!
He immediately became alert, and in an instant, a bronze scroll appeared in his hand.

Just as he was about to open it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness and thought to himself that something was wrong.

As the current number one enemy of the Kingdom of Ceylon, Baron Marin had long heard of his ability to easily seize people's weapons.

As expected, Marin felt his hands empty immediately afterwards. The legendary teleportation scroll that he had spent huge resources to obtain appeared in Cohen's hands.

Cohen's faint smile sounded immediately afterwards:

"Don't be so anxious to leave! Logically speaking, now that I know your hidden identity, shouldn't you kill me immediately?"

Baron Marin's facial muscles twitched unnaturally when he saw that his greatest support was cut off.

Then he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

The brain was racing, searching for the last chance of survival.

Cohen waited patiently until Baron Marin's trembling voice rang out:

"Your Majesty Corleone, I have no grudge against you. Your enemy is the Kingdom of Ceylon. We can cooperate.

How about I tell you all the secrets I know about the Kingdom of Ceylon and you let me go?"

Cohen asked:

"No grudges or hatred?
It seems that it is impossible to say that there is no grudge between a member of the Star Tribe and a human king.

One of our Corleone Family ancestors must have participated in the suppression of the Astral Tribe, and perhaps even fought against your ancestors. How can you let go of your hatred so easily?"

Baron Marin said in a deep voice with a tense face:

"Tens of thousands of years have passed. What do those old grudges of our ancestors have to do with us?
Besides, it was the five empires of the human race and the dragon race's Bright Dragon Clan who insisted on annihilating our Star Clan. Even if we want revenge, we will look for these culprits, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty.

If Your Majesty agrees, I can tell you the location and strength of the 5,000 elite troops under the control of His Royal Highness Prince Charles.

Cohen's expression remained indifferent, and he said calmly:

"First, answer the three questions I asked you.

How many survivors of the Xingmang tribe are there?
Are they all in the northwest continent?
Are there any remnants of the Star Tribe in Aifeiyin?"

Seeing that Cohen was not moved at all, Baron Marin's face showed anger:

"Your Majesty Corleone, please think rationally.

What’s the point of catching me alone? Even if you announce my identity to the outside world, how many people will believe it?

If I blow myself up here immediately, all traces will be covered up and you will get nothing!
To put it bluntly, Your Majesty, you are not qualified enough to stand against the Star Clan!

As I said just now, our enemies are only the five great empires and the Light Dragon Clan!"

Cohen raised his eyes slightly and stopped talking. Instead, he silently took out a communication stone.

Baron Marin looked at Cohen's actions and for a moment he didn't know what the other party was planning.

Why did you take out the communication stone? Do you want to expose yourself to outsiders?

Baron Marin couldn't help but sneer. Is the person in front of him really the famous King of Effiin?
How can it be so simple?
How many people would believe that a race that has been extinct for tens of thousands of years still has remnants?
Cohen opened the communication stone, input his magic power, and shouted:
"Your Majesty, is it convenient?"

His Majesty?

Hearing Cohen's address, Marin's heart tightened. The person he was contacting was actually a human king?
He quickly calmed down. No, even if he was a human king, so what? How many people would believe such a big thing based on Cohen's one-sided statement?
What's more, it is simply unrealistic for one or two human countries to launch an investigation into the remnants of the Star Clan.

If the five great empires did not step in, the Star Clan would not be afraid at all.

But then, the sound coming from the communication stone made Baron Marin lose his composure.

It was a young female voice.

Female voice?

Empress?

It seems that the only woman in the entire human continent who can be called Your Majesty is the Empress of the Central Empire.

Could it be that……

Baron Marin felt his scalp tingling and cold sweat broke out on his back. He suddenly remembered something about Cohen.

This romantic king has a confidante who seems to be a close minister of the Empress of the Central Empire!
Central Continent, Constantine, the Empress's bedroom.

In the middle of the night, Her Majesty the Empress was reviewing documents. Seeing Cohen's communication request, she replied unhappily:
"Your Majesty Corleone, what are you doing so late at night?
You have a queen who can help you handle government affairs, but I don’t.

I'm the only one managing this huge Central Empire. Can you please understand me?"

Baron Marin was surprised by the other party's familiar tone. The relationship between King Effiin and Her Majesty the Queen of the Central Empire was too good.

No, this must be an illusion. King Effiin hired someone to impersonate him!

The other party is definitely not Her Majesty the Empress!

How could a dignified empress of the Central Empire maintain such a good relationship with the ruler of a small principality in the northwest continent?

That must be the case!
However, before Baron Marin could breathe a sigh of relief, Cohen's next words made his heart jump to his throat again -

"Your Majesty, I'm truly sorry. I'd like to see your holy face. Is this convenient for you?"

Shanice stopped reviewing the memorials and thought, did Cohen take the wrong medicine today?

Why did it suddenly become so strange?
What does it mean to look at your face late at night?
While Shanice was still thinking, Cohen's voice rang out again:
"It's like this, Your Majesty. I've caught a few spies and need your name to deter them. Please, Your Majesty, do me a favor."

Hearing what Cohen said, Shanice cut off the inexplicable thoughts in her mind, snorted coldly, waved her hand to put out a mirror, tied her hair, and said in a deep voice:

"Cohen, what do you take me for? I'm the ruler of a country. Do you think I can be summoned and dismissed at your will?"

Cohen quickly slowed down his tone:

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. It concerns the rise and fall of our Aifeiyin. Your Majesty, please do me a favor."

Shannis's harsh voice sounded:

"Remember, you owe me a favor!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the communication stone in Cohen's hand instantly burst into magical power, radiating light. Dark blue lines meandered along the rune grooves, condensing into a slender outline in the void before everyone's eyes.

The magical fluctuations gradually disappeared, and the outline became completely solidified.

Her beautiful face was like a statue carved from white jade, without a single flaw. She wore a golden robe that dragged on the ground, and a belt inlaid with huge rubies was tightly tied around her slender waist, highlighting her graceful figure.

The skin has the luster of a cold moon soaked in jade, which is a very typical cold white skin.

The corners of his lips held the usual coldness and majesty of a superior, his eyebrows slightly raised, and he raised his eyes to respond to Cohen's motionless gaze. After staring at each other for a moment, he looked away and said coldly:

"Can't take your eyes away?
Is she as pretty as Adele?

Cohen retracted his gaze, coughed lightly, and replied:

"Your Majesty's beauty is naturally unparalleled!"

Shanice was obviously dissatisfied with Cohen's obviously evasive answer, but seeing that there were outsiders around Cohen, she suppressed her unhappiness and did not show it.

She glanced at the two people beside Cohen, and said coldly with an inexplicable emotion in her tone:

"This is the woman with the Golden Wings, right? Your Majesty, you are so lucky!"

Cohen was stunned for a moment. Her Majesty Senice Klein knew him so well that even Mr. Modow could recognize him at a glance.

Shanice looked at Baron Marin, who was completely stunned and stunned, frowned slightly, and said:
"Is this the spy you were talking about?
How can such a person be related to the rise and fall of your Aifeiyin?

Are you trying to deceive me?"

Baron Marin was completely stunned at this moment.

As the permanent secretary of Prince Charles of Ceylon, he once had the honor of accompanying Prince Charles to the Central Empire to pay a visit to Her Majesty the Empress.

He was naturally impressed by this peerless empress. At this moment, he saw the peerless figure emerging on the communication stone, which was exactly the same as the stunning glimpse he had at the beginning. The other party was really Her Majesty the Empress!
Marin was shocked beyond words.

Just a few casual words can make Her Majesty the Empress reveal her true appearance late at night!

There was also this seemingly flirtatious exchange between the two, which left no doubt about the close relationship between King Effiin and the Empress of the Central Empire!

Baron Marin had no doubt that as soon as Cohen revealed his true identity, the Central Empire would immediately begin investigating the traces of the remnants of the Star Tribe.

This was the Central Empire, humanity's most powerful nation. Once they began to act, the Star Tribe's secrets would be exposed in no time. If that happened, he would be the culprit who had ruined his tribe's tens of thousands of years of planning!

Cohen glanced at Baron Marin and deliberately slowed down his speech:
"Your Majesty, please do not underestimate this man. This gentleman is of extraordinary status.

He is..."

Baron Marin shuddered all over and came to his senses. His Adam's apple rolled rapidly, and a whimper like a baby animal came from his throat. The veins on his neck bulged like earthworms under his pale skin.

The whole person suddenly leaned forward and knelt on the ground, his voice hoarse and full of pleading:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty Corleone, I have something to say, I have something to say!"

Cohen's voice suddenly stopped, and then he directly cut off the output of magic power, and the Queen's peerless figure disappeared.

In the Empress's bedroom, Shannis looked at the communication stone that had suddenly fallen silent. A trace of anger flashed across her face, and she couldn't help but curse:

"Asshole, you dare to play tricks on me. Next time we meet, I'll make sure you're in trouble!"

Let’s not talk about how angry Her Majesty was. Inside the room, Baron Marin saw Cohen cut off the communication, as if he had been pardoned. He gasped for breath and broke out in cold sweat.

Cohen chuckled and said:

"Look, it's great to have this attitude earlier, so I don't have to bother Her Majesty the Empress in the middle of the night.

I'll have to put on a smile and explain what happened to them later."

Marin pursed his lips, his throat felt like smoking, loosened his collar, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Your Majesty, I... I don't know much. Although I am a Starlight, just in case, all the members of the tribe who are active outside are connected through single lines of communication.

The information I have is very limited.”

Cohen spoke calmly:
"It's okay, just tell me, I have the ability to tell the truth from the false.

But I have to remind you that my explanation to Her Majesty the Empress will depend on your answer, so you'd better not try to be cunning!

Baron Marin shuddered, swallowed his saliva, and began to talk about the unknown secrets of the Star Tribe:
“There are probably tens to hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Xingmang Clan.

In addition to the northwest continent, there are also some in other places.

Your Majesty’s Effiin...it seems like there is, it seems not, I’m not sure about that.

Because I am in charge of the Kingdom of Ceylon, and the entire northwest continent is under the charge of a Star Envoy, he should know best."

Cohen looked at Baron Marin with a half-smile. It seemed that this man had answered all the questions, but when you look into it, his answers were actually very vague.

What does it mean to range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands?

One thousand and one and nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine are two completely different concepts.

Cohen remained silent, taking out the communication stone again and pretending to input magic power.

Baron Marin was immediately horrified when he saw this, and said quickly:
“Your Majesty, I remember now that there are dozens of our people in Aifeiyin, all of whom are at the Stardust level and have just awakened their memories.

I’m not yet qualified to be guided…”

Marin stopped talking immediately after he finished speaking, with regret and pain on his face.

Cohen stopped and asked coldly:
"What is guidance?

Explain to me clearly the historical development and current situation of the remnants of the Star Tribe, and remember not to challenge my patience again!

To tell you the truth, except Her Majesty Shanice Cline.

His Majesty Monroe of the Western Region Empire has a good relationship with me!
If it happens again, I will directly send your identity information to the two emperors and see if you, the Xingmang Clan, can continue to hide!"

Marin completely put away his other thoughts and answered honestly:
"Most of the remnants of our Astral Tribe live in an unstable sub-plane.

The entrance to this sub-plane is in a very secret place. Although I have been there, the relevant information has been erased and I don't know the exact location.

In order to continue their race, the earliest survivors began to actively integrate into human society and continue their bloodline.

In addition to the bloodline inheritance, the most important inheritance of the Xingmang Clan is the star vein inheritance.

Only those who have awakened the star veins of our Xingmang Clan can be recognized as members of our clan.

The sign of awakening the star veins is mastering part of the astral language.

The Xingmang Clan possesses a semi-artifact that has been passed down from generation to generation, which can monitor the clansmen who have awakened their star veins across the continent.

However, each use requires a huge expenditure of resources, so it is stipulated that it should be used once every ten years to search for the tribesmen who have awakened their star veins in the past ten years."

Cohen's brows showed a pensive expression, and then he asked:

"As long as they master the Astral Language in childhood, they are most likely a member of your tribe.

With such obvious features, aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

Baron Marin shook his head:

"Your Majesty, you are overthinking it.

How many people in the entire human world still remember the Astral Clan?
Even if they remember the Star Clan, who would connect the mastery of the Star Language with the awakening of the Star Veins by the Star Clan members?
Even I was told this characteristic by a higher-level Star Envoy after I had cultivated to the Starlight level."

Baron Marin didn't say anything. He was actually curious about how the other party discovered his identity as a Star Clan member.

And he is very familiar with the hierarchy within the Star Clan.

After hearing what Baron Marin said, Cohen finally dispelled his doubts. It turned out that his gaming experience in his previous life had interfered with his thinking.

In fact, in the real world, most people know nothing about the Astral Clan.

Cohen continued:

"What is the basis for your division of levels? Extraordinary cultivation?"

Baron Marin nodded and said:
“Yes, it’s similar to the extraordinary levels of you humans. Stardust corresponds to the bronze level, starlight corresponds to the silver level, and starlight like me corresponds to the gold level.

Star Messengers are all at the Legendary level, and Star Lords are at the Saint level.

When they attack normally, there is not much difference between them and humans. The only difference is that they possess the innate skills of the Star Clan.

If these skills are not used actively, no one will notice them.

In fact, after tens of thousands of years of merging with human bloodlines, the current Xingmang people are no longer pure ancient Xingmang people, and are not much different from you humans."

Cohen then asked:

"What are the missions of the different levels of the Star Clan?"

Marin paused for a moment, and after noticing Cohen's unfriendly gaze, he reluctantly replied:
"Stardust is usually an ordinary member of our tribe who has just awakened his talent. At this time, we will only secretly observe him until his character and talent meet our requirements. Only then will we guide him - that is, tell him his true identity and race.

Xinghui will bring them all back to the Holy Land... which is the sub-plane where most of our people live, for training and to receive systematic knowledge and cultural inheritance.

When you reach the Starlight level like me, you will be sent to the human continent to complete some tasks of the tribe, such as secretly investigating the Stardust people who have awakened the star veins, guiding the Starlight people back to the holy land, gathering intelligence, purchasing necessary resources and supplies, etc.

Generally, every country sends people from the Starlight Clan. The number of Starlight Clan members sent varies according to the divisions of principalities, kingdoms, and empires.

The Star Envoys are the leaders of our Starlight. The Central Continent, Dragon Continent, Northwestern Continent and Southern Islands all have different numbers of Star Envoys stationed there.

As for higher-level Star Lords, they are beyond my reach."

Cohen's eyes were filled with astonishment. The development of the Star Tribe far exceeded his expectations.

He believed that Baron Marin must be hiding something, or that he himself knew only a limited amount.

Just from the other party's few words, Cohen could judge that the influence of the Star Clan was spread across every country and every corner of the human continent.

And there is at least one gold-level transcendent!
What is this? This is the ultimate blueprint of the Military Control Commission that Cohen envisions for the future!

If only we could gather all the members of the Xingmang tribe and bring them to the Military Control Commission...

Cohen's pupils flashed with excitement. Noticing Marin's strange expression, Cohen immediately concealed his thoughts and continued with a cold face:
"Is the highest leader of your Xingmang tribe the Star Lord?"

This was actually a test. Cohen wanted to know if there was any existence in the Star Clan that was higher in level than the Saint.

He had originally thought the other party would hesitate, but unexpectedly, this time the answer was quite straightforward. However, the answer was somewhat beyond Cohen's expectations:
“No, we in the Xingmang tribe have a saint who is the sole leader of our entire Xingmang tribe.

All Star Lords obey the orders of the Saint Lady."

Saint?

Cohen scratched his head. In his previous life's games, he had never heard of the Saintess of the Star Clan...

No, it seems that there really was one. Later, when the Star Clan established the Star Empire, it seemed that a woman ascended the throne and became emperor.

Could this person be the Saint of the Star Clan?
Cohen asked:

"Have you seen the Saint of the Star Clan?"

Baron Marin shook his head, but there was a hint of fanaticism on his face:

“I’ve never seen her, but every member of the tribe knows that the Saint Lady is the hope of our entire Xingmang tribe.

The Saint possesses unparalleled beauty and talent.

In just a few hundred years, she cultivated to the level of Star Lord and was the most outstanding saint among all the saints in history.

Moreover, she is now hiding in a powerful human force and occupies a core leadership position!
Once the timing changes, we can lead our people out of the holy land and restore the glory of the ancient Xing Mang Clan!"

Cohen looked at Marin, who seemed to be brainwashed, and his mouth twitched slightly.

The term "saint" or "not saint" is mostly a deification of the Star Clan for ideological control.

But this saint should have some abilities.

The Star Lord level is also the Saint level.

She has cultivated to the Saint level for hundreds of years and is still hiding in a major human force. As long as we look for her seriously, we will find this Saint sooner or later!
Cohen's eyes gleamed with excitement. If he could capture this saint and utilize the power of the Star Clan, it would be a great help to Effiin's development!
(End of this chapter)