Chapter 590: Preparing to Slay the Dragon

No matter what system a country has, marriage has always been the best alliance for the ruling class.

The complicated blood relationship will make the ruling families highly bound together to form a community of interests.

Now the rise of Donghuang is unstoppable, and Andre certainly sees this.

Since he does not plan to continue to be a slave to the dragon of the southern continent, he certainly hopes to have a powerful ally.

This negotiation is of great significance because it concerns the future fate of countless people in the Iris Corps.

In the study, the senior executives of Iris Corps all have serious expressions.

Especially after Ji Xun refused his marriage, the atmosphere became full of gunpowder for a while.

"I am a lonely person, I don't have any family heritage, and I don't have any power. So, Mr. Andre, there is really no point in asking me for marriage."

"Brother Ji Xun, I think our Iris has given enough sincerity. I will marry my most beloved daughter to you. Do you think it is inappropriate? I can guarantee that her appearance will never disappoint you."

"No, no, no, I don't mean that."

"What do you mean? Or do you think that other people are qualified to discuss marriage with my Andre family? Although the newly promoted King Augustus and Commander Catalina of the Alliance Army are not married, they can talk about it. But I think it may not be appropriate. Brother Ji Xun, what do you think?"

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Andre looked at Ji Xun with a hint of unkindness.

When talking about his daughter, the great marshal was really angry.

I am afraid that if they disagree, they will really want to fight.

Compared with interests, the dragon nobles also attach great importance to face.

It can be said that his conditions will not be rejected by the three major royal families of the southern continent.

Not to mention the several forces in the East Wilderness that do not seem to be as good as the three major kingdoms at present.

This actually means that Andre thinks highly of Donghuang and is "investing in the future".

The two largest forces in Donghuang now are the newly formed Orlan Kingdom and the Alliance Army.

Originally, Andre thought that the leaders of the two forces were good choices for marriage. But after asking for information, he learned that His Majesty Chujiu and Commander Catalina both had a close relationship with the guy in front of him, and they were probably lovers.

Even the deputy leader of the Revolutionary Army, "Qin", the Song family of the New World Mechanical City, and the Mechanical God Dong Qi, all had such a relationship.

From the perspective of the nobles, this is an alliance relationship maintained by marriage.

So Andre thought that Ji Xun would not mind taking one more.

This situation is also normal in the Dragon Society of the Southern Continent.

I didn't expect this guy to refuse?

This made Andre have to doubt that either the other party looked down on him or had other intentions.

"Your Excellency really misunderstood"

Ji Xun laughed at himself.

No matter how beautiful Marshal Andre's daughter is, he is really not interested in marriage.

Although he does have a close relationship with Catalina and the others. But that is based on close friends and partners. It is purely personal feelings, and there is no interest at all.

The reason why Donghuang can reach this point today is more because of fate, not deliberate.

Of course, he knew that no one would believe such words.

He didn't want to waste his breath to explain.

As he said, Ji Xun said the plan he had thought of when he came, and proposed: "The essence of the topic we are discussing this time is to reach a deep alliance. What I mean is that marriage is OK, and the Lionheart family has many talents who are suitable for marriage. If you really think you need me to participate in it, I can accept a disciple."

The Lionheart family has many descendants, and there are generals and so on. If you marry a few more times, you can still have a deep interest bond.

He said that accepting disciples means that he really treats them as family members.

For people who value commitment, this kind of relationship is as stable as marriage.

Of course, that is this generation.

Compared with marriage, accepting disciples and so on, the subsequent blood relationship of descendants is ultimately a little worse.

It can be regarded as a compromise.

And it is already very reasonable.

"Humph!"

But Andre listened, his face became colder and colder, his tone was already slightly unfriendly, and he asked: "What do you mean?"

In Andre's opinion, Ji Xun's attitude of evading all kinds of responsibilities is not only humiliating, but also very suspicious.

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Of course, Ji Xun knew why the other party was angry.

The two sides did not know each other well enough, not to mention that some customs of the aristocracy in the southern continent were also the same.

For the sake of family interests, love and other things can basically be given up. Even some nobles in the southern continent can give their wives to allies for marriage.

Giving a beautiful wife for free, there is no reason not to accept it.

But that was someone else.

Not Ji Xun.

He had no interest in this kind of political marriage, no matter who the object was.

But he came here to solve the problem this time, and he had to explain it clearly after all.

"Some things are not convenient to say"

As soon as Ji Xun opened his mouth, Andre sneered and interrupted.

In his opinion, this was a bit of a mystery.

Ji Xun smiled. Since the other party was not afraid of the cause and effect, he did not say any more polite words, but said bluntly: "My ambition is not to reach the ninth level."

When Andre heard this, he looked at his expression, which did not seem to be joking, and his brows instantly gathered. He said in his heart: What a great ambition! No wonder

He saw why the guy who came out of the East Wasteland in front of him was so strong.

As soon as this explanation came out, the great marshal's anger was instantly reduced.

It is normal for a genius who pursues the god level not to want to have any ties.

But Andre still feels that the marriage does not seem to have any impact.

After all, the two major forces only need this relationship. Even if the marriage is just a formality, it is better as long as there is blood inheritance.

It won't take much time to create a human.

"If that's the case, I also have an idea."

However, before Andre could say more, Ji Xun knew that the other party had not given up, so he moved his lips and teeth slightly and said something in a voice transmission.

For a moment, Andre's eyes widened, and his expression froze there. He wanted to say something, but he seemed to be speechless on the spot: "You"

Some words cannot be said.

Not everyone is destined to hear them.

What Ji Xun said was, of course, some hints related to the "Plane Supervisor".

He may be the only person in the world who knows the truth except Old Man Xu.

Jia Yu's death confirmed the historical truth that was deliberately erased.

With the existence of the "plane supervisor", the entire card master plane is like a huge prison, and countless card master predecessors have died on the way to climb over the prison.

And Ji Xun also wants to see the world outside the prison.

But this path of exploration is destined to be extremely dangerous.

Even a powerful existence like Emperor Lanlingster died on the way of exploration.

Not to mention others.

It can be said that once this secret is involved, the ninth level is as small as an ant.

So anyone who is involved in this cause and effect is not sure to survive in the entire plane.

Andre, who is at this level, has more or less come into contact with some ancient secrets. Looking at his surprised expression, he obviously guessed something.

He squinted his eyes and stared at Ji Xun with an extremely solemn expression, wondering if he had misunderstood.

But the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

Obviously, the other party was not joking.

Ji Xun's mouth corners slightly raised, and that expression seemed to say: I reminded you before, it was what you wanted to hear.

The study room suddenly fell into a strange silence.

Andre's expression was more solemn than ever before.

The other senior officials of the Iris Corps looked at the Marshal's silence and thought that the matter was going to fail.

However, before everyone could think about it, Andre, who had been pondering for a long time, suddenly waved his hand and said, "Okay, as you said. It's settled! Come on, arrange for the guests to rest first."

Ji Xun left the study room, leaving the senior officials of the Iris Corps in a room somewhat confused.

And the elders and women of the Andre family heard the news and hurried over.

"What? That guy not only rejected the marriage proposal from our Andre family, but you also want my precious daughter Isabel to be his disciple?"

"Marshal, I think those guys in Donghuang are too arrogant. They just won the civil war, so they think they are qualified to be on equal footing with us? Humph, only the mechanical technology is a little bit impressive, and the rest is far worse than us. We have given them enough face by agreeing to the marriage, but they are so ungrateful that they refuse it?"

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The senior members of the Andre family immediately exploded when they heard the result of the marriage.

Everyone felt that the family was humiliated.

Originally, their plan was that the target of the marriage would be either the commander of the allied forces or the newly crowned king of Donghuang.

Because normally, this is an equal marriage.

Many people in Iris have seen Chujiu and Catalina, and their beauty has also spread.

This also makes many young people in the Andre family eager to try.

Marshal Andre thought so before.

He knew very well that even with mechanical technology, the number of dragons in the Old World was still a thousand or ten thousand times that of the Allies.

If the people of the East Wilderness wanted to gain a foothold in the Old World, they had to have a powerful ally.

In this way, they would not be "unanimously excluded" by the lords of the Southern Continent.

And only the deeply bound allies after the marriage would spare no effort to help them.

So for the sake of interests, they felt that there was no reason for the Allies to refuse.

After all, this was a choice that was beneficial to both sides.

Even if they did not agree for some personal reasons, they would use some means to let the Allies know that they were in a difficult situation and would inevitably compromise.

However, they never expected that Ji Xun's arrival would disrupt all their plans.

The study was already in chaos.

The elders and senior officials were talking angrily, and they even had plans to tear up the covenant.

Marshal Andre had a headache after listening to it, and waved his hand to stop everyone: "Okay! Quiet!"

As soon as these words came out, the study immediately became quiet.

After a long silence, a handsome man with blond hair stood up and said in confusion: "Father, didn't you say that you wanted me to talk to the Allied Commander-in-Chief about the marriage? Why did you change your mind now?"

The one who spoke was Andre's seventeenth son, Boyce.

A candidate for marriage with excellent talent and ability.

The eighth-level strength also made him qualified to look down on others.

He looked at his father in silence, and said anxiously: "I know that there are rumors outside that Miss Carter has a close relationship with that East Wilderness native, but I think that it is definitely not the time to talk about private affairs when it comes to the marriage between two powerful forces."

In the Old World, excellent ladies always have suitors, and this situation is normal.

Since seeing the beauty of Catalina, this young master Boyce no longer cares about other things.

Dragonborns are more possessive than normal humans, and he certainly won't allow such a thing to happen.

As a father, Andre certainly noticed everything.

He looked at his son and said calmly: "Boyce, put away your little thoughts. Don't have any thoughts about Miss Carter anymore. Otherwise, you will lose your life for this."

"But."

Boyce never expected his father to say such a thing.

Although he knew that no one could disobey his father's orders, thinking of Catalina's beauty, he still said unwillingly: "But father is big, that guy is just an eighth-level card master. Although I have some tricks, I am also eighth-level, I am not afraid of him!"

As he said, he also said his solution: "If father feels embarrassed, I can go to duel with that guy!"

Boyce certainly knew the information. "Ji Xun" is a very key figure in Donghuang. It is because of him that marriage is extremely difficult.

In the eyes of the Dragonborn, encountering such a conflict is usually a duel.

As long as one candidate is solved, it will not be a problem.

High-purity blood Dragonborn are not afraid of any competitors!

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Andre looked at his son and sighed in his heart.

Only a few people have seen Ji Xun's methods, and he didn't want to explain how treacherous his methods were, so as not to hurt the pride of his people.

When he was fighting against the eighth level before, he was not absolutely sure that he could kill the other party, let alone others.

And that was before.

In fact, he had already tried it just now. Andre had a very strong intuition that the other party might have some means that would threaten him.

He didn't explain much, but just said tactfully: "Boyce, you can't defeat a ninth-level enemy."

Hearing this, everyone in the room was shocked.

They also knew that Ji Xun was already at the ninth level.

Boyce widened his eyes and said in surprise: "What, that guy was promoted to the ninth level?"

When he spoke, his tone was complicated and jealous.

In the eyes of the nobles of the southern continent, Donghuang was a poor and remote place. There were no seventh levels a few years ago, but now there are ninth levels?

And didn't the previous intelligence say that it was the eighth level? How did he succeed in advancing so quickly?

You have to know that the ninth level is the last bottleneck before humans can reach the god level. I don’t know how many talented dragon descendants have been stuck for their whole lives.

A native of the East Wilderness can advance to the next level just by saying so?

However, this statement came from Andre, and no one questioned it.

They also understood why the marriage plan had changed so much.

Since the other party is the ninth level, King Augustus and the commander of the allied forces in the original plan can certainly not be considered.

Everyone also understood why Andre chose to propose to marry his daughter just now.

But she didn’t get married, but was accepted as a disciple instead?

At this time, a beautiful woman spoke up, "Andre, do you really plan to let Isabel be a disciple of that person?"

It was the Duchess who spoke up.

Isabel is her most beloved youngest daughter, and she is also the one with the highest purity of dragon blood among the next generation of the Andre family.

If the marriage fails, it is not necessary to push the best offspring of the family to the other party.

It looks like a gift that the other party doesn’t want and is forced to give.

Andre nodded: "Yes."

He didn't explain much. There were too many considerations for letting his most outstanding daughter be someone's disciple.

In addition to the fact that the other party was also ninth-level, there was also the previous conversation through voice transmission.

But those words could not be told to others.

Only when he reached this level did he feel the difference in life levels more clearly.

Below the god level, all are ants.

In his eyes, even if they were descendants of the family, if their own fate could not be improved, they were no different from ants.

This was why he was determined to break away from the control of the dragon clan before.

As long as he did not break through the "slave status" of the dragon clan, he would never be able to truly stand up.

If the other party could really go that far, Andre knew very well that such a choice would leave an opportunity for the family and himself.

Hearing this, the Duchess was puzzled and said, "But, what kind of foundation can a poor and remote place like the East Wilderness have? Even the inheritance of King Augustus is said to be very broken, and may not be much stronger than our family's ten thousand years of heritage."

Andre didn't want to explain more, waved his hand, and said majestically: "This covenant involves some secret matters, you just need to execute it."

Everyone: "Yes"

Andre has absolute authority both in the army and in the family.

As soon as he said this, no one dared to say more even if they had something to say.

Ten days later.

"Shadow Fang Fortress" in the northeastern region of the Old Continent.

A giant transport flying dragon from the south landed in the post station in the city, and a large number of mercenaries and war refugees got off the flying dragon and merged into the city.

Now the lords of the Old Continent are expanding their territories, and population migration has never stopped.

On the flying dragon, there were one adult and two children mixed in the crowd, who looked like refugees who migrated from their homes.

It was none other than Ji Xun and his two disciples, Mushroom-headed Darcy, and the red dragon girl Isabel.

Ji Xun was dressed normally. He didn't want to attract attention at his current level, so others wouldn't notice him.

The two disciples behind him, Mushroom-headed Darcy, were dressed simply, while Isabel was wrapped tightly in a headscarf.

After all, this girl was Andre's legitimate daughter and had some fame in the southern continent.

The last time Ji Xun heard the name "Isabel" was in the space plot of "The Bandits of Black Crow Castle". The saint of the Church of Light tens of thousands of years ago was called this.

It is not uncommon to have the same name in the southern continent.

Some names are exclusive to the nobility, and this Isabel is one of them.

The general meaning of the translation is "genius girl".

If you don't have a talent beyond superman, you are not qualified to be called this name.

And the talent of the Dragonborn is the purity of blood.

This girl is very talented.

It can be said that she was born with the foundation of a top card master.

Ji Xun also found it interesting that Andre actually sent the most talented heir in the family.

Of course he knew what the other party was thinking.

But since he agreed, he would have one more disciple and would train him well.

Just as I was thinking, Isabel, who had her whole head wrapped in a headscarf with only a pair of beautiful eyes showing, complained in a low voice: "Ah, this headscarf is so rough, the plush is as hard as a steel needle, it makes me uncomfortable. Darcy, can't you help me find a silk one from Cadis Blue?"

Mushroom Head asked curiously: "What is Cadis Blue?"

Isabel looked at a leopard and said: "It's a special textile factory for the Red Dragon Royal Family. Their imitation products are the best in the southern continent."

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Mushroom Head rolled his eyes and explained: "Now we are playing the role of refugees, and the silk headscarf will be discovered."

As he said, he corrected, " Also, you should call me senior brother. It's very rude to call me by my name. You are a noble lady."

Isabel said arrogantly: "Humph! You can't beat me, why should I call you senior brother?"

Mushroom head said faintly: "It's not that I can't beat you. It's that the teacher said that I should let you go."

Isabel: "I don't believe it. You are only the third level, and I am the fourth level."

Mushroom head said calmly: "Rank is not the only condition to measure victory or defeat. You Dragonborn are too obsessed with blood purity and rank. Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to reach the fourth level in three months."

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Isabel listened to the calm tone like an old man, snorted and stopped talking.

Although her father asked her to worship the guy in front as a teacher, she was not convinced in her heart.

Who can be more powerful than her father?

There is also a mushroom head who pretends to be deep and always calls himself senior brother. Humph, when there is a chance, I will beat him up and teach this guy a lesson to let him know how powerful the Dragonborn is!

Isabel inherited the arrogance of the dragon race at a young age. In the eyes of the dragon race, strength is the only thing.

Ji Xun listened to the two little guys bickering behind him and was used to it.

Sent here as a disciple, of course, she needs to be trained slowly.

That girl is a little arrogant, but her character is not bad.

Sometimes he thought that Andre probably didn't want this girl to be spoiled at home, so he sent her here.

"Shadow Fang Fortress" is the territory of the Duke Simon's Mansion.

When Ji Xun came here last time, it was still a military fortress built in the ruins.

After coming here for more than half a year, the city has completely changed.

Not only has the city area expanded by nearly double, but the population has also increased a lot.

Green dragon flags are fluttering everywhere in the city.

The biggest change is the mechanical equipment on the mercenaries in the city.

Although at the beginning, these nobles in the Old Continent strictly abided by the ban and eliminated all mechanical technology products.

But later, I don't know when, those small mercenary groups began to use mechanical products secretly, and when there were more mechanical products on the black market, the nobles began to face up to this thing that could change the war situation.

After all, enemies and competitors have it. If you don't have it, you will be beaten in vain, and the gap in strength will be wider.

Machinery is the most effective way to enable low-level card masters to have high-end combat power.

As long as the equipment is good enough and the legion is organized, it will be a fatal threat to the top-level card masters.

Magic guns, artillery, mechanical armor, and even some mechanical skeletons, steam cars, and armored vehicles can be seen in the fortress.

Dragonborn are indeed naturally powerful, but in terms of building cities, they are not as good as tireless mechanical equipment.

There are also low-level mercenaries, almost everyone is equipped with magic guns and cannons, which is the cheapest way for them to cross the combat power level.

Especially in the recent battle with the Alliance Army, the flesh and blood body is obviously at a disadvantage against the steel torrent.

Ji Xun came to the Shadow Fang Fortress to go to the Allied Headquarters in the north.

Go see Katarina who has become the Moon Queen.

Solve the problem by the way.

Last time, Katarina used thirty hunting god armors to ambush and kill the eighth-level leader of the "Dragon Wing Viper Mercenary Group" "Poison Scythe" Zolas.

Although the battle was won, the Simon Duke's Mansion also realized that there might be treasures nearby, and then after some exploration, they also found the rich ore vein of magic green copper and magic meteorite black iron.

These rare metals are not only necessary for making top-level armor, but also rare for forging top-level armor in the southern continent.

Duke Simon knew that there was such a "treasure" near his territory, so of course he would not give up.

Then he fought with the allies until now.

He defeated several nearby lords and raised hundreds of thousands of troops. Recently, he was ready to completely wipe out the allies.

Even the ninth-level pure-blooded green dragon legend behind Duke Simon came.

Ji Xun came this time to help slay the dragon.

The changes in the East Wilderness were almost unknown in the old continent. One reason is that the abyss rift cuts off the spread of information, and the other is that the Iris Legion, the only one who knows about it, will not spread it.

So the lords of the Old World still don’t know what a terrifying monster the Allied Forces have become.