Chapter 6 The Banquet at the Palace
Early in the morning, Marquis of Canas, the martial arts training ground.
It is said to be a martial arts training ground, but it is half the size of a football field. Various weapons are neatly placed on the four walls. Sword marks and fist marks fall on the bumpy ground. Several rocks and human-shaped statues stand in the center of the martial arts training ground.
In front of a man-high rock, Canas was wearing light armor and holding a giant sword, staring at the huge rock in front of him. The faint red light kept spitting on Canas, highlighting its towering and upright body. Suddenly, Canas shouted softly, and a dazzling red light flashed on the giant sword. With the humble shout, Canas disappeared from the spot. At the same time, there seemed to be a figure dancing like a ribbon around the rock. As the figure swayed, countless stone chips burst out with a "squeak".
A few minutes later, the red light subsided and Canas's figure appeared outside. The rock that had just been unruly fell, as the last trace of stone chips fell, it turned into a graceful female statue.
"Okay!" A cheer came, and Chu Tian slowly walked into the martial arts training ground with Xiaobai in his arms.
"Haha, I didn't expect that my elder brother was an artist." When I walked to the statue, Chu Feng admired the statue and smiled: "I just don't know who this lady is, the future sister-in-law?"
With a throwing casually, the giant sword landed accurately on the weapon stand not far away. Canas blushed with a rare old face: "Stop kidding, it's still unpredictable... Why did you get up so early?" It seems that Canas is still very sensitive to his emotional problems. He was busy changing the topic as soon as he mentioned it. Chu Tian laughed secretly. In terms of feelings, his elder brother was not like the invincible commander on the battlefield, but like a young boy who had just fallen in love.
"I woke up by Xiaobai!" Chu Tian said dissatisfiedly after pinching Xiaobai in his arms. However, he led Xiaobai's sharp teeth to his fingers, "Woooo~"
Haha, pulling back the finger from Xiaobai's mouth, Chu Tian and Canas laughed together.
After being taken back to the mansion by Canas yesterday, the enthusiastic Canas held a banquet to welcome Chu Tian. At the table, Canas showed his brothers his extraordinary alcohol tolerance. After learning about Chu Tian's identity, the servants of the Marquis' Mansion frequently stepped forward to toast. Chu Tian, who had little alcohol, fainted after drinking more than a dozen cups. He threw Xiaobai, who was still drinking wildly, into the wine jar, and Chu Tian was carried back to the bedroom.
Unexpectedly, this morning, Xiao Baitian, who was resentful, bit Chu Tian’s ear before dawn and woke it up from the hangover.
Complaining about Xiaobai, Chu Tian and Canas returned to the hall while chatting.
After sitting down, Canas suddenly said, "After you slept last night, someone came to look for you in the palace."
Someone came from the palace? What does this have to do with me? Today's emperor Ludi III worked hard to govern and was busy with government affairs every day. How could he have time to care about me, a little person? Chu Tian narrowed his eyes and thought.
"Tomorrow, Your Majesty will hold a banquet to welcome you, the great hero. Congratulations!" Canas smiled.
"Great hero? Me? Brother, you are joking. Why did I become a hero?" Chu Tian was very puzzled when he put down Xiaobai who was still entangled in his hand. He had only been to the Phantom Beast Continent for three months. He wandered in the mountains the previous month, and studied with his teacher in the next two months. He probably had never done anything that had made contributions to the Caesar Empire.
"How can I not be a hero? I cured Red Flame and restored its combat effectiveness. This is a great contribution to Caesar." Canas explained in detail.
It turns out that in the Phantom Beast Continent, the number of monsters is a symbol of a country's military strength. The reason why Caesar became a powerful country on the mainland was because he had tens of thousands of third-level unicorn war horses and formed the Caesar Iron Cavalry that shocked the countries with them. The super-powerful monsters can even decide the outcome in the war. The Battle of Quarry Thirty years ago was because of the extra Anthony equivalent to the ninth-level monster that Caesar could turn danger into safety. Therefore, all countries invested unimaginable energy to develop monsters.
High-level intelligent monsters are powerful and often cannot be subdued by individuals. Nowadays, the main battles of high-level monsters in various countries are mostly through signing agreements or training them since childhood, and are unified in command by senior generals during combat. However, it is difficult to exert the full strength of monsters in this way, and they are not as good as those of the same-level monsters under the command of the master.
As a ninth-level fire dragon, Red Flame is one of the two highest-level monsters owned by Caesar, and it has a master demon pet. Its status can be imagined! It is indeed a great achievement for Caesar to restore its combat effectiveness.
Speaking of this, Kanas' expression was gloomy: "I was the one who dragged Chi Yan down. If he was allowed to fight alone, Chi Yan's strength would even surpass that of the top professional magic gods. But now it often has to take care of me. As a result, we were together and could only exert the strength of a level 8 dragon knight."
Although Chu Tian looked confused, he was smart in his heart. He narrowed his eyes and a crescent moon appeared on the corner of his mouth. Chu Tian understood that Chi Yan's status in the Caesar Empire was like a nuclear weapon on the earth, and it was the ultimate strategic weapon of a country. He curing Chi Yan would be like creating a big atomic bomb for Ludi III! It seems that the contribution this time is really a big deal. I wonder what rewards you can get?
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The next evening, Caesar's Palace
The entire palace was painted golden yellow, making it look extremely magnificent. Two rows of guards wearing golden armor were arranged on both sides of the arched palace gates that were more than ten meters high and several meters wide. Through the palace gate, you could vaguely see a large hall with a golden body and black edge in the depths located in the center of the palace. In front of the gate, officials and nobles kept entering.
People rely on clothes! After changing into the sacrificial suit and white jade staff given by Anthony, Chu Tian, who was originally handsome, exuded an elegant temperament against the backdrop of old or fat and ugly officials around him.
Seeing the noble ladies and wives passing by, frequently paying attention to Chu Tian, Kanas teased Chu Tian, who was still observing the palace and said, "It seems that you are very charming, brother! Maybe a romantic love story will happen tonight. Haha."
Chu Tian gave Canas a blank look, curled his lips, and secretly pointed to a lady with three sizes passing by, "You'll leave this love story to you, brother!"
Canas couldn't help but smile. He was about to say something, but was interrupted.
"Haha, Marquis of Canas, long time no see." A short and fat old man suddenly came over and smiled at Canas.
"So it's the right prime minister, how are you in good health recently?" Canas also replied to a knight ceremony.
"I guess this is Chu Tian, the protagonist tonight? He is indeed young and promising!" After saying that, he nodded as if he was approving.
"I'll pay homage to the Duke of Andorra." Chu Tian stroked his right hand, bowed slightly, and respectfully made a standard aristocratic etiquette to learn from Anthony.
Canas revealed in advance that Chu Tian made great contributions by accident. According to his contributions, he would most likely be named a noble. Therefore, he hoped that he would make more friends with more important figures at the banquet to lay the foundation for his future aristocratic career. Chu Tian, who was overjoyed, was of course happy to obey his orders.
Before leaving, Chu Tian had already asked Canas about the important people who were going to attend tonight, and the right prime minister Andorra in front of him was one of them. So Master Chu did not dare to neglect the right prime minister in front of him.
Andorra was very satisfied with Chu Tian's humble attitude and smiled brighter. He waved to a young man dressed in a knight behind him, "Anderson, come here to see the Marquis and Mr. Chu."
"I have met the Marquis, well, this priest." Anderson, the son of the right prime minister, gave a knightly salute to Canas, then looked at Chu Tian, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, as if he had seen the salute.
The dog looked down at the person! Feeling Anderson's arrogance, Chu Tian cursed in his heart! However, under the eaves, he still had to look at his father's expression in the future. Chu Tian still smiled and replied.
Andorra seemed to be unsatisfied with his son's performance, frowned and smiled at Chu Tian apologetically.
"The time is coming soon, let's go to the palace earlier!" Feeling the atmosphere a little cold, Canas ended the conversation, and said, making a gesture to Andorra.
Chapter completed!