Chapter 558 The Allegiance of Marquis Rose
Realizing this, Rose Marquis opened his mouth wide, and instantly set off a huge wave in his heart.
Before that, when he saw with his own eyes that there was indeed a fifth-level powerhouse named Huzhang beside Lei Xiao, although Marquis Rose seemed calm on the surface, he was already touched in his heart.
You know, even among the three princes who are fighting openly and secretly inside and outside the royal capital, only the eldest prince has the support of the White Knight!
This undoubtedly means that, at least in terms of top combat power, Her Royal Highness is indeed qualified to compete with the three princes!
"It is worth mentioning that, as the name suggests, the White Knight is a fifth-level strongman who strictly abides by the spirit of chivalry. Although he is powerful, he rarely participates in the intrigues between the three princes."
While being shocked in his heart, Marquis Rose still looked elegant on the outside and was lost in thought.
"It is said that even the ruthless eldest prince himself refused to carry out some of the shady assassination orders issued by him, and only loyally guarded the eldest prince's safety."
"Of course, there is another important reason, because in the palace, there is another fifth-level powerhouse, Mr. Wu, who checks and balances."
"Thus, the eldest prince, who has received the support of most of the traditional nobles, has not achieved an absolutely overwhelming advantage even though he has the allegiance of the White Knight, a fifth-level powerhouse."
"After all, in the past two or three hundred years, due to complex reasons such as conflicts of interest and ideological contradictions, Leng Yan's new nobles, who have always been at odds with Leng Yan's traditional nobles, have gradually formed an extremely terrifying force, and they have spent all their money. The strong man and family wealth fully support the second prince.”
"As for the fourth prince who claims to be supported only by wealthy businessmen, he is still very strong. This undoubtedly means that there is obviously a powerful mysterious force behind him."
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose brought his thoughts back to reality and looked at Lei Xiao with a look of reverence.
And now, right in front of him, Her Royal Highness, the weakest princess, has received the full support of Your Excellency Ke Qing, and she already has two powerful fifth-level warriors at the national level by her side!
While his mind was agitated, the Rose Marquis, whose rough face turned red, continued to think.
"However, although I don't know the terrifying origin of this young and mysterious guest minister, if there are only two fifth-level powerhouses, it is naturally not enough. After all, large-scale battlefields and small-scale fierce battles It’s completely different.”
"You must know that the forces of the other three princes have already been spread over Lengyan, covertly and covertly. Each prince has at least hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of heavy troops in his hands."
"Once the war begins, no matter how powerful the two fifth-level warriors are, one of them can contain or even destroy an army of ten thousand people, but the other armies of the opponent can still easily suppress Kong Qing while taking advantage of this moment. Completely razed to the ground.”
"All in all, although the strength of the fifth-level strongman can be regarded as the ceiling of the human race's combat power and can almost instantly kill any strong person below the fourth level, it does not mean that he is invincible. Once the energy in the body is exhausted, it will naturally be the end of the hero. It’s time.”
"Thus, wars in the past have shown that in most cases, the powerful fifth-level warriors are not directly used as the main combat force on the battlefield, but are used as an excellent tactical trump card. , giving the opponent a thunderous fatal blow at the critical position and moment.”
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose's eyes lit up, and he obviously realized something.
"No wonder, on the border battlefield, Your Excellency Keqing defeated the Holy Night Army's three main legions and five miscellaneous legions with only one main legion and two miscellaneous legions with low morale..."
"It is conceivable that Your Excellency Keqing obviously used these two fifth-level powerhouses as trump cards to the extreme, and adopted some other unexpected and powerful methods, and finally achieved such a great victory!"< br>
Looking at Lei Xiao excitedly, Marquis Rose sighed in his heart: "I remember a general who had experienced hundreds of battles once said that the most difficult thing in the world is to guess the opponent's true intention on the battlefield. ”
"But Your Excellency Ke Qing was still able to strategize and achieve such a great victory when facing the famous Red Devil of the Holy Night Moon Palace on a rapidly changing battlefield. It can be seen that Your Excellency Ke Qing is not just about strength. He is extremely low-key and hidden.”
At the same time, Marquis Rose was filled with emotion.
Not far away, looking at the Rose Marquis who looked at him with an inexplicable excitement and an elegant face, Lei Xiao shivered involuntarily, and instantly felt goosebumps falling all over the floor.
"I think I finally realized clearly why Ariel has no way to deal with the other party."
Thinking of this with some speechlessness, Lei Xiao regained his energy, and then said to the dragon woman waiting in front of him: "Okay, Hongye, I'll leave the rest to you."
"Don't worry, sir, my subordinates will definitely clean this place."
I saw Hongye bowing slightly, smiling at Lei Xiao, and the flame in his hand rose a little more violently.
"Your Excellency, this strong woman, while you are destroying that abominable slime, please pay a little attention to the other wines that are still intact..."
Then, Marquis Rose, who regained his composure, followed cautiously.
After hearing Marquis Rose's instructions, for the sake of the lord, Hongye could only frown and nodded: "Don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion."
"Then let's get out of here first."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, then took his own steps and walked towards the entrance of the passage where he came from just now.
That's it, except for the red night that is ready to go.
Under the guidance of Marquis Rose, Lei Xiao and his party returned to the vast wine cellar hall just now.
"Speaking of which, according to Hong Ye, this kind of devouring slime was extinct in the blank era, and it was the power of a certain prince that put this terrible monster here... How on earth did they do it? Find this extinct monster that has disappeared in the long history? ”
Thinking of this with confusion, Lei Xiao stared at the neat rows of wine barrels in front of him, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
No matter what, it can be seen from this incident.
The power of the three princes was obviously much more unpredictable than he had previously expected.
"Well, now is not the time to think about this. Let's find a way to recruit Rose Marquis as soon as possible. Being able to get this knowledgeable Lord of Blue Cold Castle will have a great impact on me in every aspect. Help.”
"By the way, I don't have any idle fourth-level recruitment orders on my body at the moment. I only have ten second-level recruitment orders that I have accumulated in the past two days and have not yet been upgraded. Let's upgrade them first and then talk about it."
After thinking about this, Lei Xiao immediately upgraded.
Immediately afterwards, a series of familiar prompts rang in Lei Xiao's ears.
[Congratulations, your "Second Level Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to "Third Level Recruitment Order"! 】
[Congratulations, your "Second Level Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to 105 "Second Level Recruitment Orders"! 】
……
[Congratulations, your "Level 2 Recruitment Order" has been upgraded to "Level 4 Recruitment Order"! 】
……
"Sure enough, I got another fourth-level recruitment order!"
After listening to the prompt, Lei Xiao couldn't help but feel a hint of joy on his face, and then he began to take stock secretly.
After some inspection, Lei Xiao discovered.
I have obtained a total of 1 fourth-level recruitment order, 4 third-level recruitment orders, and 530 second-level recruitment orders.
"Currently, including the newly acquired ones, I have more than 2,800 first-level recruitment orders, 570 second-level recruitment orders, 6 third-level recruitment orders, plus 1 fourth-level recruitment order? Not bad, conquer the roses The Marquis's preparations are complete."
After thinking about it, Lei Xiao's eyes fell on Marquis Rose, who still looked like he was suffering from pain, and asked: "Your Excellency, City Lord, which prince do you think secretly released this slime?" Messenger?”
"Your Excellency, guest, according to my analysis, the initial size of this swallowing slime should be slightly smaller than ordinary slimes. According to my memory, these three waves of envoys did not bring any suspicious items. This underground wine cellar is most likely hidden directly in the robe.”
Nodding to Lei Xiao, the Marquis of Rose mused: "From a time perspective, the envoys from the eldest prince's faction came the earliest, a month ago, and the last wave of envoys came a week ago.
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From this, the suspicion of the eldest prince's faction can almost be ruled out, because when he led the last wave of envoys in, no clues were found. ”
"That's right. Although I don't know how long it took for the Devouring Slime to grow to the size it is today, but it couldn't have been a month ago. Otherwise, when Shuanghuaqing went in for the last time, it would have been Will be aware of it.”
Ariel nodded slightly, blinking her starry eyes and thinking thoughtfully.
"What Her Royal Highness the Princess said is absolutely true, and the second prince and the fourth prince's envoys were only three days apart. Moreover, when the last wave of the fourth prince's envoys arrived, they only stayed in the second wine area for a short time. Touring carefully, I did not notice the situation deep in the wine cellar.”
Then he nodded, and the Marquis of Rose seemed to think of the missing rose again. While scanning the ground, he added: "As for the second prince's envoy, he was walking around in the second wine area. Circle, the biggest suspicion.
However, even though the fourth prince's envoys only stayed for a short while, one of them had been chatting with his ministers. Now that he thinks about it, it is very likely that he did it deliberately to distract his ministers. ”
"So that's it. It seems that the suspicion of the second prince and the fourth prince's envoy cannot be ruled out. However, I think there is a third possibility."
Gently rubbing his chin, Lei Xiao muttered: "That is, among the envoys of the second and fourth princes, there is actually a team sent by the eldest prince to pretend to be, and of course they want to get rid of you.
And the clever thing about this move is that if you fail, it can transfer your hatred to the other two princes. ”
"This..."
After hearing Lei Xiao's words, Rose Marquis was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood, and nodded: "Your Excellency, Keqing, is right. Judging from the eldest prince's seemingly upright, but in fact sinister and cunning character, this possibility is It’s really not small!”
After speaking, the Marquis of Rose swallowed involuntarily and murmured to himself: "I originally thought that without the participation of the eldest prince, the pressure on me would be less, but in this case, I am indeed being watched by three princes at the same time. Are you on? ”
"In that case, what are you going to do next, City Lord?"
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and continued: "It is conceivable that if the other party fails this time, they will not give up. I am afraid that what will happen next time will be an even more violent storm."
"Your Excellency, Ke Qing, is right. I originally planned to bite the bullet and not get involved in this power dispute."
Involuntarily sighing, the Rose Marquis frowned and said: "But judging from the current situation, it is precisely because of this stupid decision that my life and even the entire family's foundation were almost destroyed. .”
After finishing speaking, Rose Marquis looked at Lei Xiao's indifferent face and couldn't help but have a myriad of thoughts.
Just as I had thought before, compared with the other three waves of princes' envoys from the royal capital not long ago.
Although the guest minister and the princess in front of them also have the purpose of winning over themselves, their sincerity and attitude are completely different from the previous arrogant and unreasonable envoys.
He even risked his life to help him solve this fatal crisis.
Thinking of this, Rose Marquis felt grateful, first bit his big lip, and pondered for a moment.
Then, he finally made up his mind and said tentatively to Lei Xiao: "Your Excellency, guest minister, is the original purpose of you and the princess coming here still count?"
"Of course, it would be great if someone like the City Lord joins us."
Raising his eyebrows slightly again, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.
"Great! Thank you, Mr. Guest!"
Hearing the sound, Rose Marquis first nodded excitedly to Lei Xiao, and then came to Ariel and wanted to salute.
However, before he could make any move, Ariel quickly waved her hand and said, "Shuanghuaqing, the person you want to truly be loyal to is not me, but my master."
After saying that, Ariel bowed to Lei Xiao and then stood aside obediently.
"The master of Her Royal Highness the Princess?! Your Excellency, guest, who are you?!"
Seeing this scene, Rose Marquis couldn't believe his eyes and froze on the spot, looking dumbfounded.
"Ariel, tell this surprised Lord the City Lord everything about me."
Nodding to Princess Leng Yan beside him, Lei Xiao still maintained a faint smile.
"As you command, Lord."
Immediately afterwards, Ariel briefly described Lei Xiao's identity as an alien lord, his preparations to support her in becoming the Queen of Cold Flames, and the terrifying catastrophe that might come at any time to Marquis Rose.
"It turns out that what we see is just a trivial power dispute in front of us, while what the lord is looking at is a terrible catastrophe that is about to happen in the distance and will sweep the entire continent. The gap here is simply It’s hard to describe in words..."
"But such a big man, who can conquer even Her Royal Highness the Princess, is willing to risk encountering unknown monsters for me, a trivial little city lord, to come to this underground wine cellar..."
Thinking of this, Marquis Rose did not hesitate, and immediately knelt down in front of Lei Xiao, and said sincerely: "My subordinate, Double Flower Oak, is willing to swear allegiance to the lord to the death!" (End of Chapter)