Another World Super Dimension Summoner

Originally, the two sides would at most exchange polite greetings such as looking at each other or nodding when passing by each other, but Qin Bin suddenly stopped and said something.

"Your Highness, Second Prince, can I ask you for a favor?"

Qin Bin's sudden move of course stunned Xiaobai and others, but they did not speak, but waited quietly behind Qin Bin.

Naturally, Little Golden Retriever and his two followers were slightly stunned, but Little Golden Retriever immediately stopped and turned around, smiling politely and saying, "I wonder if there is anything I can do to help Mr. Qin Bin?"

"I think Your Highness already knows that Leah and Sophia have asked people to collect those inexplicable things, right?"

Qin Bin's directness made the little golden retriever pause slightly, but he spoke calmly.

"Mr. Qin Bin wants me to help get those landmark objects near the palace?"

Being well-informed and very smart, the little golden retriever could of course instantly determine what Qin Bin needed.

Qin Bin was not surprised. In other words, it would be ridiculous if the little golden retriever hadn't thought of this, so Qin Bin said calmly, "How about a top-grade holy domain magic core?"

The little golden retriever hesitated for a moment, then said, "Add one more, and I can get you a full-length statue of your father at the south gate."

"...Using the founding anniversary of the country as an excuse to completely replace everything?" Qin Bin said thoughtfully.

The little golden retriever didn't answer, but just smiled and said, "Those are landmark objects that are hundreds of years old. They are really not suitable for replacement."

"It's too expensive... How about one holy domain and one eighth-grade superior quality?"

"Mr. Qin Bin, I know that the Holy Domain Magic Core is very precious, but touching my father's statue is always a bit troublesome, especially since I have to find an excuse to properly dispose of the old statue."

"I see... Most of the chambers of commerce related to the royal family don't give face to Leah and Sofia's people."

"The Chamber of Commerce I control is simple, it's just a matter of a word. But I can't have a say on the emperor and the royal family."

Qin Bin blinked and said, "Happy cooperation."

The little golden retriever paused for a moment, then replied, "Happy cooperation."

The two smiled at each other, and Qin Bin took out two perfect replicas of top-grade holy domain magic cores from his storage ring and handed them over.

Little Golden Retriever's subordinates were about to take it, but Little Golden Retriever took it first and said, "Perfect quality - Mr. Qin Bin is straightforward. Within three days, Mr. Qin Bin will be able to see what he wants in Xiang Baili Villa."

Qin Bin nodded slightly and said goodbye.

After watching Qin Bin and the others go away, the attendant beside the little golden retriever asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, what on earth does he want to do?"

"It's nothing more than a mutually beneficial show of good will. After all, being neutral is so troublesome."

"Neutral faction..." the two followers reflected upon me.

The little golden retriever said, "It won't be long before the news of my deal with Qin Bin spreads, and at the same time, the news of Leah Garcia going to my brother's residence will spread.

As for the neutrals, they are either distant from both sides or close to both sides.

In the past, Grand Duke Hall chose to distance himself from both sides. That was because the forces represented by Grand Duke Hall were relatively weak and could be distanced.

But it’s different now. If Grand Duke Hall suddenly gets closer to my brothers and sisters, my father’s expression will definitely be very interesting.

So, it is necessary to be closer to me and my brother, so that people will think that Grand Duke Hall is only wavering between me and my brother - let's not talk about this, it's almost late. "

As the little golden retriever said this, he put the two holy magic cores into the storage ring and walked towards the fire school area.

The words of the little golden retriever also made the two followers feel nervous. After looking at each other in surprise, they hurriedly followed their master's footsteps.

The camera turns to Qin Bin.

After the little golden retriever and others, Liya came over and asked softly, "Is this okay?"

Qin Bin said with a smile, "After we get back from Ian, you can find time to go to the eldest prince and ask him to help collect the things we need with generous gifts. Before that, remember to have someone release the news that the second prince and I had a good chat and reached some cooperation."

"??"

Qin Bin’s words made not only Leah but even Sophia a little confused.

That is, Xiaobai and Lin Ru nodded in sudden realization.

Seeing this, Qin Bin explained to Liya and Sophia, "As for the neutral faction, either they are not close to either side, or they are close to both sides at the same time. The former is not pleasing, and the latter is like a fence-sitter, but it doesn't matter. The point is that His Majesty the Emperor prefers our extremely powerful 'Hall faction' to be close to both the eldest prince and the second prince, rather than alienating these two sides and having the possibility of developing into a third side. Well, in addition to the eldest prince and the little golden retriever, the emperor also has a younger son and two daughters."

After Qin Bin said this, Leah and Sophia suddenly understood.

Also suddenly realizing was Misaka Mikoto, who had been connected to Qin Bin's audio and video and was in the familiar space.

——This person...seems to understand politics very well...

——It seems that he is only eighteen years old...

——That’s amazing…

While Misaka Mikoto was secretly sighing, Qin Bin and others quickly left the academy.

After boarding a carriage outside the school and heading straight to the Imperial Capital Airport, Xiaobai boarded an airship from the airport and left the Imperial Capital's restricted airspace. Then, he transformed into a giant fiery red dragon about 20 meters long.

When Qin Bin jumped onto Xiaobai's back, Liya, Sophia, Lin, Lilina and others also turned into black light and embedded into Qin Bin's shadow. Then, in full view of everyone, Xiaobai flew high with Qin Bin on his back and disappeared into the distant sky in an instant...

Chapter 097: Requiem - Glory and Decline

Ian Territory, whose full name is 'Ian Autonomous Territory of the Holy Kana Empire'.

It was originally a poorer county under the Zuoxu Province of the Kana Empire, named Menos County.

More than two hundred years ago, Lin's great-grandfather made great military achievements for the empire and was awarded the title of Marquis. The County of Menoth was given to Lin's great-grandfather and renamed the Territory of Ian. The Ian family was originally a business family, and Lin's great-grandfather was not lacking in business vision. He could see at a glance that the Territory of Ian had the potential to develop into a major commercial center, so he spent all his wealth to manage this land that was exchanged with the blood and tears of the Ian family.

After more than a hundred years of development, by the time of Lin's grandfather, Ian Territory had not only established healthy trade relations with the Lepkas Empire to the west and the Kingdom of Norton to the northwest, becoming the most important land trade transit center between the Kana Empire and the two countries, but also developed several excellent deep-water ports on the southwest coast of Ian Territory into important sea trade lines connecting the central and western parts of the continent. This made Ian Territory the only sea trade transit hub at that time that conducted direct trade with the central and western countries of the continent.

Not to mention how much energy and financial resources the Ian family has spent in opening up trade lines with countless countries in the central and western parts of the continent, the results alone are truly earth-shattering.

Just to name one point, Ian Territory was once the most economically developed and richest region in the southwest of the Holy Kana Empire, without a doubt.

Naturally, the prestige of the Ian family reached a certain point in just a few decades, and even overshadowed the Kana royal family at one point.

However, the problem of being guilty of possessing a treasure also arises.

During the time of Lin's grandfather, powerful pirates appeared one after another in the southwestern waters of Ian's territory. Not only did they rob merchant ships, but those pirates even dared to attack Ian's navy and even attacked coastal towns at one point.

Being troubled by pirates is not a problem in essence, all you need to do is to eliminate and control them. However, Lin's grandfather unexpectedly encountered pirates who were suspected to be powerful people from the Holy Land.

They were severely damaged and nearly died, and finally there was a terrible situation that several important ports were occupied by the pirate army.

When things got to this point, the taste changed completely.

No one would believe that a strong man suspected to be from the sanctuary would be willing to become a pirate.

After all, in any holy land, the truth is that if you want power and wealth, wouldn't it be better to go to some small or medium-sized countries and become a worshipper like the 'emperor emeritus'?

Although anyone with a discerning eye could see the problem, Ian's family had limited resources and could not send out strong family members to deal with it. In the end, they could only report to the imperial center and request support.

The Emperor Kana at that time was the grandfather of the current emperor, and he reacted very quickly. The empire's central army and masters wiped out the pirate army in just a few days. After retaking several important ports and coastal towns, the central army did not leave, and the imperial officials directly held Lin's grandfather accountable. They reported to the emperor that Ian's family had failed in their duties, and downgraded Ian's title to earl and recovered part of Ian's land as punishment.

Things have come to this point, and anyone with a discerning eye can see the implication, and feel that the behavior of the imperial center is too ugly.

However, the truth is not that simple.

It is currently unknown why the emperor did this, but the problem can be seen from the fact that since Ian was demoted to earl and his fiefdom was reduced, several important seaports in Ian's territory were all divided among the two marquises living next to Ian's territory. The royal family and the nobles close to the royal family did not receive any benefits at all.

What's more, the two marquises were notoriously dissatisfied with the imperial government at that time. Theoretically speaking, if there had not been problems with the emperor, it would have been impossible for the two marquises to get their hands on those seaports.

More than a decade after they acquired an important seaport in Ian, the two marquises actually declared that the emperor was suppressing loyal ministers without reason and joined forces with a barbarian country in the eastern waters of the empire to formally launch a rebellion.

At that time, the Kana Empire was engaged in a full-scale war with the Orc Empire and was already in a state of panic. It was a good time for the two marquises to rebel.

However, the two marquises also underestimated the foundation of Kana, which had been established for more than 2,000 years, and misjudged the orcs' determination to fight a long-term war of attrition.

As a result, less than a month after the two marquises rebelled, the orcs could no longer hold out and took the initiative to propose a ceasefire. Kana took advantage of the situation and immediately recalled some of its elite troops and masters after agreeing to the ceasefire. Not only did they kill the two marquises in one fell swoop, they also pushed back to the barbarian island country and destroyed it, eventually giving the Kana Empire two more provinces.

By the way, the main force to suppress the rebellion and the cross-sea expedition to the east was the elite troops of Lord Hall, and the main general was Sophia’s grandfather, Darren Hall.

At that time, Lin's grandfather was also very angry and led tens of thousands of Ian soldiers to the battle. Although he did not participate in the cross-sea expedition to the east, he personally killed two marquises who were completely blinded by greed.

After the rebellion was quelled, Lin's grandfather was rewarded. Although his title was not raised back to marquis, he was given a fiefdom.

However, the fief was not the several important seaports that Ian's family had worked so hard to manage, but an area of ​​5 square kilometers of mountainous forest that was split from Zuoxu Province in the northeast of Ian's territory and given to Ian's grandfather.

As for several important ports and coastal towns in the southwest of Ian's territory, they are directly under the management of the imperial center.

At this point, Ian's 11 square kilometers were officially formed as a fiefdom of an earl.

A few years later, Lin's grandfather suffered a relapse of his old injury, and coupled with depression, he eventually died of illness that was beyond medical help.

Then, twenty years ago, a strange plague broke out on the border of the Kingdom of Norton, and then somehow it turned into a plague of undead, spreading to the Lepkas Empire and the Ian Dominion.

In addition to almost wiping out Ian's clan, the undead plague also caused a total of more than 300,000 square kilometers of land in the three countries of Kana, Lepkas, and Norton to be eroded by the aura of death. Not only is there no grass growing there today, but the aura of death is also slowly expanding outward at a rate of hundreds or even thousands of meters per year.

Although the spread speed is not fast, and as long as the practitioner is strong enough, the breath of death cannot cause much harm. At least it will not be like ordinary people, who will die after being contaminated by the breath of death for a long time and turn into undead creatures to spread death everywhere.

But it is always a hidden danger that cannot be ignored.

However, it is almost impossible to completely solve this hidden danger.

For example, gathering tens of thousands of light, water, and life mages, using purification stones, and spending decades day and night to purify it bit by bit?

The Kana Empire has so many wizards, but not so many purification stones.

Furthermore, it is impossible for the Kana Empire to place all its mages in the southwest of the empire. Not to mention other things, the orcs, the mortal enemy in the north of the empire, will not sit idly by and watch the Kana Empire concentrate on dealing with this hidden danger.

The Vatican even took the opportunity to confuse the people and attempted to overthrow the system of the supreme imperial power in the Kana Empire, making the Kana Empire a country with supreme religious power, similar to the countries in the western continent of the Eternal Continent.

This made it even more difficult for the Kana Empire to focus on dealing with the problem of the invasion of undead spirits.

The neighboring countries of Kana Empire, Lepkas and Norton, also faced similar problems as Kana Empire.

The only empire stronger than Kana is Lepkas and Norton. The northern border is the Lost Plains of the Dragon Clan, and to the west of Lepkas is the Forest of Life, which is the territory of the Life Elves who have never had any ambitions for external expansion. As long as Lepkas does not commit suicide, the only enemy will be from the ocean.

By the way, the external pressure on the Norton Kingdom can be said to be the greatest, or the smallest.

Because to the north of the Norton Kingdom is the Lost Plains of the Dragon Clan, to the east is the Kana Empire, to the south is the Ien Territory of the Kana Empire, and to the west is the Lepkas Empire. In other words, the Norton Kingdom is a purely landlocked country with no access to the sea.

To put it in a more anthropomorphic way, the Norton Kingdom, which has always maintained a neutral attitude, said that the years are peaceful and good - it would be even better if there were no undead invasion.

To put it bluntly, the Kingdom of Norton is a strategic buffer zone between Cana and Lepkas.

In general, the erosion of the undead aura forces the three countries of Kana, Lepkas and Norton to spend huge amounts of manpower and resources every year to monitor and limit the expansion of the undead aura. At the same time, they also have to worry about foreign enemies taking advantage of the erosion of the undead aura to make trouble, etc. This is the most troublesome problem for the three countries, but it is a stubborn problem that they have no way to solve.

On August 2699, 8 of the Eternal Era, this stubborn disease that had been rampant for twenty years also saw the beginning of its end.

At noon on August 8, Xiaobai flew at a hypersonic speed of four to five times the speed of sound. In less than an hour, he carried Qin Bin and Liya and others hiding in Qin Bin's shadow. They had almost completed a journey of more than 22 kilometers and appeared in the airspace somewhere in the northwest of Zuoxu Province.

[Xiao Bai: If we fly a few dozen kilometers, we will enter the area eroded by the spirit of the dead. Well, the area covered by the dark fog in front is the area eroded by the spirit of the dead.]

When Xiaobai was transmitting the message, Qin Bin, who was sitting cross-legged on Xiaobai's back, also looked up at the sky in the distance.

Looking at the endless dark fog covering the earth, Qin Bin couldn't help feeling a sense of physical discomfort even though he was dozens of kilometers away.

Emotions such as disgust, horror, and subconscious rejection surged into Qin Bin's heart, causing him to frown.

Sensing Qin Bin's abnormality, Xiaobai also slowed down his flying speed.

At the same time, Xiaobai also transmitted the message.

[Xiao Bai: This is how the aura of the dead is. Once a normal life form gets close to it, it will instinctively feel uncomfortable all over. However, as long as you don't make contact, or your strength is not lower than level three, you won't be substantially harmed. Now I'll slow down, you and Liya will slowly adapt to it for a while, and you won't feel so uncomfortable after getting used to it.]

Although Leah and others hid in Qin Bin's shadow, they could still feel the changes in the outside world.

After hearing Xiaobai's telepathic communication among all members, Leah and the others had no choice but to adapt silently.

By the way, Misaka Mikoto, who was hiding in Qin Bin's familiar space, also felt the physical discomfort brought by the breath of the undead, but it was not so obvious. After all, she was "outside" with Qin Bin.

Chapter 098: Requiem - Life and Death

[Qin Bin: This thing is disgusting and weird. Now I have a strong urge to completely eradicate it.]

[Xiao Bai: This is a normal reaction to encountering the aura of the dead. After all, life and death are two sides of the same coin. Although they are opposites, they are directly and inseparable. This opposition also means that no living being except the necromancer will like death.]

[Qin Bin: Necromancer... Honestly, I don't quite understand. Why would someone come up with such a filthy and disgusting route when there are good magicians out there?]

Qin Bin knew that the Necromancer was also a type of mage, an evil practice that was despised by all races across the continent.

However, in the written books that Qin Bin had access to, there were very few descriptions of necromancers. Leah, Sophia and Lin only had some superficial knowledge in their cognitive memories, so their understanding of this aspect was very limited.

[Xiaobai: In fact, it is not difficult to understand. It is too difficult for ordinary human mages to achieve the holy realm. If they cannot achieve the holy realm, then the life span of human practitioners will be at most more than a hundred years.

Fear of death is the instinct of all living beings, and the undead, in a sense, are a kind of eternal life that comes at the cost of all conscience and whose existence is filthy.

To put it more bluntly, the reason why necromancers exist is simply because a group of human mages who once pursued immortality went astray and used souls as nutrients for immortality, thus gradually developing an evil system. 】