Chapter 837 Reception (3 Chapters in 1)

"His Majesty the Great Emperor Abel is here!" Butler Burbage's voice was high and clear. In the huge palace hall, all the guests stopped talking. This was a sign of respect for the host of the reception and awe of power.

Abel smiled and nodded to all the guests. As he walked to the center of the hall, he reached out from the tray in the hands of the servants at the side, took out a glass of lingonberry juice specially prepared for him, and raised the juice in his hand.

None of the guests would say anything because what he raised was not wine. Since Abel's status has been continuously improved, he has never drank any alcohol, and regarded himself as a real wizard. At the same time, he also There is no need to deliberately please anyone, so wine is just a trade item for him.

"Welcome all distinguished guests, and welcome His Majesty the great Emperor Aldous who came from afar, you are still so handsome, every time I see you, I hope I can still have your demeanor when I reach your age !” Abel’s words made the guests present laugh in good faith.

His Majesty the Emperor Aldous also nodded with a smile. Although he is already an old man, he has a good self-cultivation and natural bearing. From him, he can still see the heroic appearance of his youth, which is what he has always been proud of. .

With a smile on his face, he was also very happy in his heart, because this kind of compliment was spoken by an equally or more powerful imperial emperor, which made him feel particularly comfortable.

Of course, he wouldn't really take this as a mere compliment, because Abel knew all about the details of his life. This incident can reflect that the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis has penetrated into the kingdom of St. Arvo middle.

However, the goodwill shown by Abel is full, which gave His Majesty Emperor Aldous more confidence in the next negotiation of the peace contract.

"There is also His Royal Highness, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Chesterton. I am deeply sorry that His Majesty Emperor Manfred was not able to come. Please bring me my most sincere greetings!" Abel said slightly to the Duke of Chesterton. bowed and said.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor Abel, I will definitely bring your greetings!" The Duke of Chesterton bowed in response.

He also understood that Abel was a gesture, a signal to show the human world and the entire Holy Continent that the three empires lived in peace.

The crisis of reduced food production has made it more difficult for races with larger populations. The most obvious of these is the human and orc empires. The human world is in chaos, but as long as the three empires can be stabilized, no matter how big the chaos is, it will be just a trivial matter. It has limited influence on the strength of the entire human world.

It was also for this reason that the Duke of Chesterton and His Majesty the Emperor Aldous had the confidence to allow Abel to sit down and discuss the peace treaty. Now it seems that Abel should have the same intention.

"And my brother Bernie, don't stand so far away!" Abel looked at Bernie who was standing far away, and said with a smile as he greeted him.

Although Bernie can be regarded as honorable, but in this kind of occasion, those who stand closest to Abel are the most honorable people in the entire Holy Continent.

However, Abel's invitation also made it easier for him to become one of them. Even if he doesn't speak, just standing among these honorable people will be of great help to him. You must know that Bernie has no talent for cultivation, so His status in the secular world also represents his status among the dwarves.

"Honorable Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert of the elves, may you get used to human food!" Abel bowed to Duke Edwina and Duke Albert.

Grand Duke Edwina and Duke Albert also smiled and bowed in return.

"Thank you to all the distinguished guests. Your arrival has added more glory to the Kingdom of St. Ellis!" Abel finally said loudly, then raised the crystal cup and continued: "The reception has begun, please enjoy yourself to the fullest!"

All the guests raised their glasses, and after taking the first sip, the atmosphere of the reception suddenly became lively.

The three seventeenth-level senior wizards under the control of Abel, headed by the senior wizard Dana,

At this time, their eyes no longer had the indifference before. They just accepted orders and could not help themselves to complete Abel's instructions.

But just this month, after they received the first month's offering, they were already full of hope for a bright future in the future.

Take the senior wizard Dana as an example. The offering he received this month is a 5,000-point exchange authority from the Wizards Guild of Liante City. The value of this point is very considerable.

It is not impossible for senior wizard Dana to get five thousand points, but he needs to work at full capacity for a whole month, or participate in extremely dangerous missions.

But now, just becoming the guardian wizard of St. Alice Kingdom, he can get five thousand points exchange authority every month, which makes him very excited.

What surprised Senior Wizard Dana was that in addition to these, the Kingdom of St. Ellis also built a seventeen-story magic tower in the imperial city for him. configuration.

The value of this magic tower is several times higher than his old magic tower which has been upgraded layer by layer, and the effect of practicing in that environment will also be improved a lot. This is his ultimate goal. Fancy.

The energy consumed by the magic tower will be provided by the imperial palace. An energy transmission circle allows powerful energy to be continuously transmitted from the large defensive circle of the imperial palace to the magic tower of him and two other senior wizards.

This allows their three magic towers to activate almost all magic circles throughout the day without worrying about energy.

In fact, Abel has no choice. As long as the magic stone in his hand has been synthesized by the Horadric cube, the purity is unparalleled. Anyone can see the difference in his hand, so it can only be obtained in this way provide energy.

Fortunately, there is now enough income from Liante city wizard points, so that he can distribute the offerings of the wizards in the form of points, so that the wizards can independently exchange for the resources they need.

Because of these, three senior wizards of the seventeenth level, including senior wizard Dana, took the initiative to participate in this reception, which also shows that the three senior wizards are working hard to integrate into the empire.

"Your Majesty Abel, for the peace and stability of the human world, our three empires should join forces to suppress those bandits who dared to loot wantonly during the food production crisis!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said to Abel with a smile.

At this time, there was a small circle around Abel, and everyone in the circle was the real ruler of the Holy Land, including the two great empires, the dwarves and elves, the wizard guild, and the black-robed senior priest of the orc empire.

The words of His Majesty Emperor Aldous aroused the interest of everyone in the circle, because the three empires joined forces, then it would involve the relationship between the three empires, and a corresponding contract had to be signed.

"Your Majesty Aldous, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has been working hard to maintain stability around the empire. For this reason, the empire has sent a large number of knights to the weak subjects to deal with the robbers' invasion. Your suggestion is to me Agreed!" Abel nodded with a smile.

Abel didn't have any more ambitions. The current St. Ellis Kingdom was already too difficult for him to manage. He really didn't have the heart to think about more territories.

If it wasn't for the active provocation of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, then he would not have brought the empire into his own hands, all because of the idea of ​​self-protection.

"Your Majesty Abel, our Orc Empire hopes to keep peace with you forever. On behalf of His Majesty the Lion Emperor of the Orc Empire, I come to discuss and sign a peace treaty with you!" But it is very sincere.

"Your Excellency, if the Orc Empire wants peace, it is not enough to sign a peace treaty with the Kingdom of St. Ellis alone?" Abel asked, looking at the senior priest in black.

"Your Majesty Abel, the Orc Empire had a peace treaty with the three major human empires a long time ago. The only difference is that you are now the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, and we need to sign a new peace treaty with you!" Senior Priest in Black Robe He bowed and explained.

Abel was taken aback. He had doubts about the black-robed senior priest attending his celebration at the beginning, and now he knew for the first time that the three major human empires had always had a peace treaty with the orc empire.

He looked at the people around him, and from the faces of His Majesty the Emperor Aldous and the Duke of Chesterton, he saw an affirmative answer.

He saw the unsurprised expressions on the faces of other guests, and then he realized that the orc empire didn't seem to have a real mortal enemy with the human world.

Think about the history, at most, a small group of orcs with low combat power in the orc empire would appear in each principality, more for training newcomers, and this kind of thing has never happened in any empire.

Of course, apart from the incident that caused the Kingdom of St. Ellis to lose the Griffin Knight, but that time there was also no large-scale army, but just a quick action.

This kind of incident is more of a kind of friction at the empire level, and this kind of friction also happens from time to time among the three empires.

Think about it, after human beings won the war with the orc empire, they did not continue to expand the results of the war, but still bounded by the miracle wall, and still left the orc battlefield empty there.

"Your Majesty Abel, it is too sudden for you to become the emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis. There are many situations that no one has explained to you clearly. The orc battlefield is a battlefield specially designed for training human wizards and orc sacrifices by the human and orc empires. If there is no On that battlefield, it is impossible for the Holy Continent to cultivate a large number of wizards and priests with combat experience!" His Majesty the Emperor Aldous said softly to Abel.

"That is to say, whether or not the Miracle Wall exists, will it pose any danger to the human world?" Abel asked with a dry mouth.

"No, Your Majesty Abel, once the miracle wall is lost, we will lose the initiative in the battle with the orc empire. With the help of the miracle spirit, the orc empire will gain an advantage in fighting human wizards. At that time, countless Human wizards will die in front of the miracle wall, and the orc empire will gain more resources." His Majesty Emperor Aldous then explained.

"Peace requires strength!" Abel sighed softly.

"Yes, Your Majesty Abel, peace requires strength!" His Majesty Emperor Aldous said to Abel with a smile.

The guests in the small circle on the side did not deliberately listen to the conversation between the two of them. It was not until Abel turned his head to speak to the senior priest in black that he focused again.

"Your Excellency Special Envoy, the Kingdom of St. Ellis will live in peace with the Orc Empire, and someone will discuss specific matters with you!" Abel nodded slightly, and then said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty Abel, may the light of peace shine on the earth forever!" the black-robed senior priest suddenly relaxed, and said with a bow.

Abel always had an extremely weird feeling when he heard such words from a senior orc priest.

The high priest in black robe is of course very happy, because the kingdom of St. Alice is stronger than the previous empire, and its military strength has already posed a huge threat to the orc empire.

And the most important thing is that the orc empire is very weak now. This is the weakest time for this powerful orc empire that can compete with the three major human empires for thousands of years. The orc war has left them with too many powerful warriors, and Abel Reduce their senior priests to an extremely dangerous point.

The Orc Empire needs to sign a peace treaty with the Kingdom of St. Ellis. This is the most important task for the senior priest in black robes to come here this time. If Abel's approval can be obtained, this task will be more than half completed.

For most of the guests present, the reception was an opportunity to communicate with each other, and for Abel, it was a new understanding of the Holy Land he was in.

During the conversation with His Majesty Emperor Aldous and the Duke of Chesterton, he knew that the Holy Continent was just a training place, providing the world with combatants.

There is a strict dividing line between humans and orcs, which is the Budapest Mountains, which is the division between the strong humans and the orcs. The miracle wall and the orc battlefield outside the miracle wall are the proving grounds, where wizards and priests fight. , grow in it.

Of course, this kind of growth requires a price, and death is one of the costs.

In Abel's position at this time, he can understand the benefits of this rule to human wizards, because if, like those wizards in the principalities, they only know how to practice all day long, even most of the resources for cultivation are provided by the principalities. Such a wizard's fighting power can be imagined.

It’s just that he doesn’t understand what’s going on in this world, and why so many wizards with powerful fighting power are needed. Hearing what they say, even the orc priests are the same. Will leave the Holy Continent, but who is the enemy?

His Majesty the Emperor Aldous and the Duke of Chesterton were unable to answer Abel, and none of the high-ranking members of the various ethnic groups in the entire reception could answer him. He knew that the senior wizard Dunn must know, but the senior wizard Dunn Promised him not to tell him until he became a High Wizard.

Perhaps it is the most correct choice to expedite the handling of the empire's political affairs, devote oneself wholeheartedly to cultivation, and become a senior wizard earlier.

After the reception, many changes occurred in the Kingdom of St. Ellis. The most obvious is that the parliamentary system was proposed by Earl Bennett. Due to Abel's strong support, the powers of the empire's nobles felt that they had increased. This made it easy for this parliamentary system to be passed in the empire.

No one thought that there was a process in the parliamentary system, which was the way Abel really controlled the empire.

Members of the parliament are elected by major nobles and important cities, and the speaker of the parliament is elected by all members of the parliament.

The whole process is almost the same as the parliamentary system of the elves, but after the councilors are elected, they will sign a contract of loyalty to the empire. This contract looks very ordinary, but it is a magical contract made by Bartoli.

After signing the contract, each member of parliament, although apparently still serving the interests of the major nobles, is actually completely loyal to the royal family and Abel.

Of course, the rights of the emperor of the empire have not been weakened, the emperor has all the rights, and the parliament only assists the emperor in handling government affairs.

The first speaker was appointed by Abel, and no nobleman objected to this point, because he appointed Earl Bennett. Of course, after being appointed speaker, Earl Bennett's title was also promoted to Duke .

Since then, the Bennett family has truly become one of the great nobles of the Holy Continent, and Earl Brooke has also become one of the three deputy speakers, and the power in his hands is equally astonishing.

On June 1st, after the parliament of St. Ellis Kingdom was established, the first thing it did was to sign a peace treaty with the two major human empires, the orc empire, the dwarves and the elves, which was also what the major forces desperately needed.

Since the establishment of the parliament, Abel seemed to have disappeared. He only appeared when the peace treaty was signed. After the peace treaty was signed, he was never seen again in the affairs of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.

On June 1, Abel did not return to the Magic Tower after participating in the signing ceremony of the peace contract. Because he received an unexpected invitation, he directly reached the dwarves through the teleportation circle.

"Your Majesty the Great Dwarf King Dunbar, Abel, the Emperor of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, greets you!" Abel bowed to a dwarf in golden armor and a crown on his head.

This is the Holy Helm City, where the dwarves' imperial city is located. Abel's visit is not an official visit this time, but a private visit. The object of his visit is the dwarf king Dunbar who is opposite at this time.

Abel has never met Dwarf King Dunbar, because Dwarf King Dunbar was in retreat some time ago. Dwarf King Dunbar is a powerful eighteenth-level wizard, and his strength can be regarded as the top three in the entire Holy Continent.

"Your Majesty the great Emperor Abel, brother of my dwarves, I have been waiting to meet you!" said the dwarf king Dunbar with a sincere smile on his face and a gesture of hugging.

Since Abel was visiting privately, the Dwarf King Dunbar was also alone and did not follow him.

Abel leaned down and hugged the dwarf king Dunbar. This behavior is very rare among wizards, because it is a very dangerous behavior to let go of the defense and let people get so close.

Especially on the premise that Abel is a dual-line Grand Knight Commander, while Dwarf King Dunbar is just a simple wizard, this shows that Dwarf King Dunbar trusts him and regards him as a real brother.

"Your Majesty Dunbar, I have been looking forward to meeting you!" Abel said with a smile after hugging him.

"Come on, let's go in and talk!" The dwarf king Dunbar said with a salute.

Abel and Dwarf King Dunbar walked into the tall building side by side. This building is very old, and its interior height is almost twenty meters, which is a typical dwarf style.

However, the dwarf king Dunbar did not stay in this building, but directly led Abel down a downward staircase of the building.

"It's all deceitful, the dwarves won't receive their brothers on it!" The dwarf king Dunbar said with a big laugh.

On both sides of the stairs, countless lighting circles illuminate the entire staircase. The style here is different from the one above. It is made of stones everywhere, with a very rough style.

Not long after walking up the stairs, Abel saw a huge underground city full of dwarves, completely different from the empty building above.

"This is the Holy Helm City, the imperial city of the dwarves!" Dwarf King Dunbar proudly introduced.

The underground city is surrounded by a huge magic circle. Outside the transparent shield, you can still see the traces of the surrounding mountains. There is no need to illuminate the magic circle here, because no matter the light emitted by the huge magic circle above the city, Or the ground fire that glows red everywhere in the whole city is enough to make this underground city bright.

"Your Majesty Dunbar, Grandmaster Abel!" Walking on the street, Abel's height was particularly conspicuous, and the passing dwarves all bowed their bodies to salute the two majesties.

There is a strange phenomenon, that is, Abel is now in the human world, and more and more people are called His Majesty Emperor Abel instead of Master Abel.

Among the dwarves, the dwarves still refer to Abel as Grandmaster Abel, which reflects that the dwarves worship the master blacksmith far more than an emperor of an empire.

Abel looked at everything around him curiously. There were shops that all cities had, and countless blacksmith shops that all cities did not have. The sound of hammers hitting anvils could be heard everywhere.

Dwarf King Dunbar introduced this city to Abel as he walked, the holy city in the hearts of the dwarves located inside Mount Helm.

The blacksmiths here are at least senior blacksmiths, and there is the most comprehensive blacksmith training process here. Every blacksmith who can own an independent blacksmith shop in this city is a master blacksmith, or a future master blacksmith.

It was only in the introduction of Dwarf King Dunbar that Abel knew the terrifying strength of the dwarves for the first time. There are so many master blacksmiths, most of whom will live here all their lives and never leave. They have been contributing to the dwarves all their lives. with everything.

In the Goff family that Abel came into contact with before, he also saw dwarf blacksmiths there, but until now he didn't know why the Goff family is a business family of the dwarves.

Because this is the real dwarven blacksmith city, compared with the business atmosphere of the Goff family, this place can produce the world's best dwarven weapons and equipment, and only here can it have the forging technology that has always been ahead of the entire Holy Land.

This is the city of blacksmiths, the city of forging, and everything here is for forging.

Walking along the way, Abel and Dwarf King Dunbar came to a stone castle. It was not tall, and even slightly short for Abel's two-meter height, but this was the real building suitable for dwarves.

In front of the gate of the castle, two complete war puppets with a height of nearly ten meters stood on both sides of the gate. If it weren't for the strong energy fluctuations on the war puppets, people would really think they were two statues.

"These are war puppets. It's a pity that although the dwarves can manufacture them, they can't support their huge consumption, so only these two war puppets are kept!" The dwarf king Dunbar explained helplessly when he saw Abel stop.

Abel's batch of small war puppets is a reduced version of this kind of war puppets. If you think about the horror of small war puppets, you can know how powerful this full version of war puppets is.

But now he just took a few more glances, and now he has enough strength in his hands. Although this kind of energy-consuming war puppet is good, there are not many places where it can really be used, and it is too big.

Walking into the castle, Dwarf King Dunbar brought Abel to a reception room. A glass of lingonberry juice was delivered to Abel by a dwarf servant. It seemed that he liked lingonberry juice. Everyone knows it.

In front of Dwarf King Dunbar was a glass of Grandmaster wine. He picked up the glass and took a deep breath of the Grandmaster wine, tasted it, and then poured half of the glass into his mouth.

"Huh!" He breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Abel: "Your Majesty, since I came out of this retreat, I can't drink any other wine after drinking your Grandmaster's wine. Other wines are different from your Grandmaster's wine. Compared with wine, it's like chewing wax!"

"Thank you for showing off!" Abel took a sip of the lingonberry juice and replied with a smile.

"I just heard from that little fellow Bernie that you are going to reduce the supply of master wine and master wine by more than half. Is it because our dwarves have given you less in exchange?" Dwarf King Dunbar looked at Abel and said, and then He put down his wine glass and said in a firm tone: "Don't reduce the supply of this wine. If you need anything, just say it. As long as the dwarves can get it, I will give it to you!"

Only then did Abel know what the Dwarf King Dunbar meant when he invited him. The trade volume of the master wine and the master wine has decreased, and he has no choice. Now that there is a huge food-consuming empire, the Kingdom of St. The food production that can still be supported is now somewhat stretched.

However, too much grain is used for wine making, and there is no way to buy raw wine in the entire Holy Continent. The value of grain is too high, so wine brewing has basically stopped in the Holy Continent.

Abel provided a lot of master wine and master wine to the dwarves. You must know that master wine alone is synthesized from ordinary wine, and the ratio can be tripled to double the amount, which requires more food.

Grandmaster wine needs more common raw material wine. The brewing of these two wines has seriously affected the food supply of the empire, and Abel thought that the dwarves could not live without wine, so he explained the situation to Bernie .

I didn't expect that the dwarves are really a race that can't live without wine, so they decided to reduce the supply, but now even the dwarf king Dunbar has come forward directly, which means that he is directly in the army, so that he can't refuse. .

"Your Majesty Dunbar, the grain output of the Kingdom of St. Ellis has dropped sharply. The output is no longer enough for the survival of the empire. We have no choice but to reduce the output of master wine and master wine!" Abel spread his hands and said helplessly.

The Dwarf King Dunbar actually knew about this matter. At this time, even if the dwarves were asked to use grain to make wine, they also couldn't bear this supply.

"Your Majesty Abel, is there no solution?" Dwarf King Dunbar finally asked.

Abel was a little hesitant, and Dwarf King Dunbar came forward. If he really refused, it would definitely affect his friendship with the dwarves, but if he didn't refuse, how would the so many food price gaps be solved!

Suddenly he thought of the island in the ocean and the almost unlimited fish resources around it, maybe...

"Your Majesty Dunbar, if you can send someone to catch fish at the Titan Temple, I can exchange master wine and master wine for sea fish!" Abel said with a smile.

"There is no problem with fishing, but is sea fish edible?" Dwarf King Dunbar asked hesitantly.

There has never been a precedent for eating marine fish in the Holy Continent. Abel's idea made Dwarf King Dunbar a little confused.

"Of course it can be eaten. You can test the fish you catch first, and trade if you can eat it!" Of course Abel knew that sea fish could be eaten, he promised.

"Okay, Your Majesty Abel, if it is really feasible, then not only will the problem of wine be solved, but the food for the dwarves will also be more abundant!" said the dwarf king Dunbar with a big laugh.

Sometimes food is right in front of your eyes, but no one finds it first. The dwarves who can go to the Titan Temple are all elites. No one would think that the fish there can be eaten, because no matter how food is scarce, it will not be in short supply to these elite dwarves. And the dwarf elite will not consider the issue of food.

In the food supply of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, there were marine fishes that had never appeared before, and the number was so large that many people thought that the empire had sent ships into the ocean.

These sea fish are all trades between Abel and the dwarves. Since the dwarves have an ocean enclave, they have also begun to develop marine resources. Minerals and spirit beast resources in the ocean are the key development projects of the dwarves.

But the fish is incidental. The dwarves use a large number of marine fish in exchange for master wine and master wine. With the technical ability of the dwarves, fishing tools are just a very simple tool.

Based on the exchange ratio requested by Abel, the amount of marine fish provided by the dwarves is an astonishing number.

Because in the entire ocean, there is only one base for catching marine fish, the dwarves, which is just a drop in the ocean for the almost endless fish resources in the ocean.

So in the end, the fish exchanged was enough to make up for part of the food shortage of the empire. This also surprised Abel. He did not expect that a mission to help the dwarves would eventually become the key to solving the food problem of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.

Perhaps the people of the empire are not used to eating marine fish, but the royal palace and the nobles took the lead, coupled with hunger, the taste of marine fish itself is very good, and soon marine fish began to appear normally among the people of the empire on the dining table.