Extraordinary Rise: Starting Contract with the Silver Dragon Countess

Chapter 296 Shanice: I want you to use Shenghui Academy as a betrothal gift!

The goal set by Prime Minister Hayes was not too high. Chief Heisenberg secretly calculated that he was sure to win two championships and was about to agree.

Prince Heinz directly refuted:

"Prime Minister, that's not right. Although we only had champions from the Gold and Legendary groups last time, if it weren't for..."

Prince Heinz looked at Senis at this point, hesitating whether to continue.

Shanice took over Heinz's words and said:

“If only a miraculous Yadel hadn’t appeared and defeated me.

The 'strongest silver' should also be within our empire's grasp."

Prince Heinz bowed slightly and continued:

"I think everyone still remembers the details of the last Noble Fighting Festival.

His Majesty reached the finals with completely overwhelming strength, while Adele was always tepid, and each of her battles ended inexplicably, as if she was only slightly stronger than her opponent.

Now that I think about it, she must have been hiding her strength.

In short, if it weren't for Adele, according to the plan, the title of the strongest silver would undoubtedly belong to Your Majesty.

But there is only one youngest legend in the continent, and there will be no more Adele to interfere with the competition this time.

Therefore, I think our goal this time should be to win three championships!"

Chief Heisenberg frowned slightly, obviously thinking that winning three championships was not a very good chance.

The gold and legendary groups are relatively easy to deal with, but the lower the level, the more unpredictable it is.

Especially in the bronze group, there are too many bronze-level transcendents.

In addition, low-level transcendents are easily disturbed by external factors, and they may be defeated today if their magic power is not running well.

Even the Central Empire was not sure of winning the bronze championship. In fact, the strongest bronze champions in history were not from the five major empires.

On the one hand, it is necessary to save some face for the other countries. On the other hand, the battles between bronzes are too unpredictable and there is no absolute certainty.

As for the competition in the silver-level group... Chief Heisenberg decided to give Cohen some respect.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand suddenly asked:
"Isn't that Cohen also at the Silver level now?
They are coming here specifically for our Demon Dragon Plane."

Prince Heinz chuckled and said:

“Just because his queen is the youngest legend on the continent doesn’t mean he has the talent.

As for his strength... Chief Heisenberg should know it best."

Everyone turned their eyes to Heisenberg.

Heisenberg looked a little embarrassed. Everyone present was a high-ranking official in the Central Empire. They all knew that the chiefs of the House of Nobles of all generations had controlled an intelligence organization covering the entire human continent.

The nails that Cohen pulled out through Samuel before the war originated from this.

In addition to the feud between Cohen and Heisenberg, the latter should be the one most concerned about Cohen's true strength.

Heisenberg no longer concealed his feelings and said calmly:
"He broke through to level six not long ago. As for his true combat capability... it's impossible to assess.

But don't forget, this guy defeated a fourth-level transcendent when he was only at the second level! "

Prince Heinz said calmly:
"There's no need to over-deify him. How can the silver of a remote principality in the northwest continent be compared with the silver-level silver of our great Central Empire?
As for fighting across ranks, if the top students of Shenghui Academy were to face a Silver from a remote area of the northwest continent, they would easily defeat him! "

Prime Minister Hayes asked:

"So the Chief also has two opinions?"

Chief Heisenberg nodded calmly:
"The two championships are the most certain, as for the rest, it all depends on luck.

After all, there are the other four empires. Apart from anything else, Prince Xia Zuo of the Eastern Territory Empire has recently been promoted to the ninth level and is also a strong contender for the strongest gold.

It will take a lot of effort just to take him down."

Prince Heinz still insisted on his opinion:

“I think the goal should be to win three titles.

Could it be that the Central Empire, as vast as it is, can't even deal with a single Cohen?"

Everyone was at a stalemate, and Shanice's voice rang out in the hall:

"Two is considered passing, three is considered excellent."

Hearing what Shannis said, Chief Heisenberg breathed a sigh of relief, but her next words made him nervous again:
“If you can reach three or more, there will be a huge reward.

From now on, the annual funding for Shenghui Academy will increase by 50%!"

After hearing this, Chief Heisenberg not only did not feel happy, but became even more cautious.

The other ministers present also had the same expression, because everyone knew that since the reward measures were so great, the corresponding punishment measures would definitely be extremely severe.

As expected, Shanice's next words made everyone gasp:
"If we can't even achieve our goal of two championships... I think it would be best if the Holy Light Academy was supervised by the royal family for a while."

The royal family wants to take over Shenghui Academy?

As soon as these words were spoken, the council hall fell into deathly silence.

Everyone was observing Chief Heisenberg's reaction in silence.

The Holy Light Academy is the foundation of the chiefs of the Academy of Nobles for generations. Every emperor of the Klein royal family has set his sights on the Holy Light Academy.

But they were all stopped by the powerful House of Nobles. Now, does Her Majesty Senis also want to try it?
Chief Heisenberg frowned deeply. Shanice's behavior has been becoming more and more abnormal recently.

Such a pressing personality is different from her usual style. Could it be that the other party has found some powerful ally?
Heisenberg shook his head. The intelligence organization of the House of Nobles had not received any relevant news. If Shanice had really joined forces with a certain force in the country, it would be impossible for him to not receive any information at all.

When Heisenberg was silent, Prince Heinz spoke:
"Mr. Chief, you don't think you can't even guarantee two championships, do you?"

Heisenberg came back to his senses and said in a deep voice:
"That's not the case, it's just that Shenghui Academy has always been..."

Shannis suddenly spoke, raising her voice:
"First, if Shenghui Academy can't even win a championship this time, sir, do you think it's time to put Shenghui Academy under the supervision of the royal family for a period of time?"

Heisenberg was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Shanice would say that.

If he really couldn't even win a championship, Heisenberg would not have the face to occupy the Shenghui Academy anymore without Shanice asking for it herself.

Since the inception of the [Noble Martial Arts Festival], the Central Empire has never had a situation where there was no champion.

What's more, Fyodor, the principal of the Holy Light Academy who represented the legendary class, was an extraordinary person who had defended the title of "Strongest Legend" for two terms.

The fighting power between legendary transcendents is very obvious, it is a competition of control over the field and grasp of the rules.

Fedor is the son of God with fire attribute. Unless Yadel can advance to the peak of the legendary level now, no one in the entire continent can be Fedor's opponent at the legendary level.

The Noble Fighting Festival is held every five years. It is hard to say about the bronze and silver contestants, but the contestants in the gold and legendary groups generally do not change much for two or three consecutive sessions.

There are only a few people who are capable of winning the championship. According to Heisenberg's intelligence, those people have not made much breakthrough in strength and are no match for Fedor at all.

No matter what unexpected happens, at least he has the championship of the legendary group in his hands.

Prince Heinz was also surprised and looked at Senis in astonishment, wondering if His Majesty was not going to attack Heisenberg today?
A champion, this requirement is too low.

The ministers all had similar ideas. After all this time, it turned out that His Majesty was just trying to give Heisenberg a way out.

Heisenberg was a little unsure at this moment. Could it be that his previous guesses were all wrong, and His Majesty had no intention of making things difficult for him?
Faced with such a concession from Shanice, it would be inappropriate for Heisenberg not to express his opinion. He said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, I promise you today in front of all the ministers that if the contestants sent by Shenghui Academy this time fail to win even one championship.

Without your order, on behalf of both the House of Lords and the House of Lords, I will permanently transfer the control of Shenghui Academy to the royal family!"

Shannis's expression didn't change much, she said calmly:
"I hope you understand, sir. Punishment is not the goal. I hope you can save face for our Central Empire!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After the court meeting, Shanice returned to her bedroom and immediately took out the special communication stone between her and Cohen. She sent a message that surprised Cohen:

"I don't care what you come up with, but none of the four champions of this Noble Martial Arts Festival can be won by anyone from the Central Empire!"

……

Cohen, who was far away in Florence, was enjoying the soft figure of the elf lady. He noticed the message from Shanice, picked it up and took a look, feeling very surprised.

He was a little confused by Shanice's message.

The emperor of the Central Empire asked him to prevent the Central Empire's contestants from winning the championship?

Why is this happening? Is Shanice planning to commit treason?

Why did His Majesty rebel?

This is such a joke.

Before Cohen could figure it out, Shanice sent another long message, informing Cohen of what happened in today's meeting.

Cohen suddenly realized that all this was done in order to gain control of the Shenghui Academy.

Shanice's words were very harsh:

"This is the first thing I ask you to do since we started working together!

Listen carefully, I want you to use Shenghui Academy as a betrothal gift!"

Cohen was stunned. Dowry?
He looked down at Windsardler who was wrapped around him like an octopus, and wondered if Shanice was talking about the dowry he would have to pay to Windsardler to marry her.

Cohen scratched his head, thinking, "Even if I'm going to give a betrothal gift, I'm going to give it to the Winged Elves. Why would I give it to you?" He really couldn't understand this woman's train of thought. He shook his head, not dwelling on the details.

Anyway, he is determined to win all four championships in this Noble Fighting Festival. He can also take advantage of the situation to deal a heavy blow to Heisenberg's forces. Why not do it?

Cohen replied in the affirmative.

Among the four groups of champions, the only variable is the Legend Group.

The Queen sister cannot take action because of the divine aura on her body, so she can only place her hope on Sister Bayonetta. This is why he has to rush to the Lost Land this time.

The goal is to refine a potion for Belmodi that will allow her to break through to the middle stage of the legendary level, helping her to improve her strength and also helping him win the championship in the [Noble Fighting Festival]!

While thinking, there was a tremor in his arms, and Windsardler's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he opened his watery eyes.

Cohen came back to his senses and asked softly:

"Does it still hurt?"

Windsardelle shook her head shyly and stood up from Cohen's arms. The magnificent sight of her breasts made Cohen's heart burn with joy again.

Windsardler felt the changes beneath him, glanced at Cohen with some annoyance, and said:

"Stop tormenting me. If you continue to torment me, I won't be able to get up tomorrow.

Are you leaving? "

Cohen was stunned for a moment and said:

"You feel all this?"

Windsordale put her arms behind her back and tied up her long hair.

The charming and seductive action made Cohen's heart tremble again.

Windsordale said softly:

“Don’t underestimate a woman’s intuition.

Go ahead. Before you go to the Lost Lands, you should go to the South Territory. I won't monopolize you!"

Cohen felt a surge of tenderness and emotion in his heart, and leaned over to leave several deep marks on Windsardler's collarbone.

……

After leaving Windsordale, Cohen turned back to Adele's room and unlocked several new moves with the Queen.

Knowing that Coen would be busy outside for a while, Adele obediently followed Coen's request and posed in various shameful positions to satisfy Coen's fetish.

After the battle, Cohen gently put Yadel on the bed, stood up, cleaned the traces on his body, took out the "Book of Time and Space", and disappeared into the bedroom.

Windsardler's prediction was correct. Before going to the "Lost Land", Cohen decided to go to the southern border to inspect the work first, and by the way, teach some new knowledge to his two subordinates, the Red Dragon Duchess Asuna and the Minister of Overseas Liaison Department, Rosemary.

When Cohen left the southern border before, the space node he imprinted in the Book of Time and Space was Asuna's bedroom.

The southern border seat, Nanjun, the council hall.

Political Officer Foren is reporting to Grand Duke Iliad on the southern government's efforts to eliminate the remnants of the Gaunt family over the past three months.

Also reporting together were the South Border Station Chief, Leif Zion, and the newly appointed Deputy Station Chief, the former leader of the Scarlet Reavers and the son of the devil, Gillivos Gian.

After finishing his own affairs, Gillivos followed Cohen's instructions and returned to the southern border to assist Asuna in dealing with the remnants who had secretly colluded with the Gaunt family.

The Gaunt family has taken root in the southern border since the founding of Eifin. For thousands of years, the entire southern border has been managed tightly by the Gaunt family.

Fortunately, we now have the cooperation of Gillivos, otherwise it would be difficult for Asuna to deal with these stubborn nobles alone.

Most of the nobles in the southern region have more or less some interests or family ties with Florence.

Asuna herself didn't care. Everyone knew that he was the King's lover and the Queen's squire knight. She could deal with these nobles with confidence.

But the people under her have more concerns, and no matter how hard Asuna tries, she can't personally investigate, arrest, or kill people.

Gillivos's arrival provided great help to Asuna. As the former young master of the Gaunt family, Gillivos had a lot of evidence of the secret collusion between those nobles and the Gaunt family.

Faced with irrefutable evidence, officials in the southern border finally made up their minds to take action against those nobles.

With the cooperation of Gillivos, the operation to eliminate the remnants of Gaunt in the South has been very successful in recent months.

Many nobles who had secretly colluded with the Gaunt family were revealed, forming a shocking list, which involved many princes and nobles, and even a great noble who had married into the Corleone royal family.

In order to prevent leaks and subsequent disturbances, Rosalina personally led people to deal with the matter.

In response to the arrest of Melantha, the nobleman sent letters of complaint to Prince Hauge's mansion.

After reading it, Prince Hauge simply introduced the identity of Rosalina in one sentence, and then the nobleman surrendered obediently.

"The person who arrested you is His Majesty's 'good friend'!"

Your Majesty's good friend?

The name of King Effiin, His Majesty Con Corleone, the "Lord of Romance", has long spread throughout the entire Demonic Continent, and even the Sirens of the Endless Sea have heard of it.

Are you the kind of good friend with whom you can have deep conversations and exchange water in bed?

Faced with Rosalina's status and strength, the nobleman did not even think of resisting and directly confessed all the criminal facts.

Rosalina is still in the noble's residence, continuing to arrest and kill people based on the noble's accusations and confessions.

Therefore, at this plenary meeting, the officials did not see the beautiful figure that always exuded a chilling feeling beside His Royal Highness the Grand Duke.

This plenary meeting was both a summary of the cleanup operations of the previous quarter and an arrangement for the overall work of the next quarter. Many people came, including heads of various departments of the Southern Territory government and governors of various provinces.

The officials all looked very serious. It had been nearly a year since Iliad took office as the Grand Duke of the Southern Territory, and no one dared to look down on this young and beautiful Grand Duchess anymore.

Although there are many rumors outside, this Grand Duchess ascended the throne of Grand Duchess by having sex with His Majesty the King.

But only these officials in the southern border know that Grand Duke Iliad's skills and abilities are absolutely not inferior to those of the grand dukes in the other three borders.

Not to mention that His Royal Highness the Grand Duke is a one-in-a-million dragon-riding warrior and a powerful transcendent who can establish a contract with dragons.

There have been rumors in Effiin for a long time that their Majesty Corleone is taking the risk to go to the Central Empire to participate in the next [Noble Fighting Festival].

It is to form a dragon army for their Grand Duke!
The dragon army, that is a word that can only be found in the books of third-rate novelists and the mouths of wandering bards.

The last time a giant dragon army appeared on the human continent was during the war between gods and demons.

As time went by, no one dared to challenge the authority of the Red Dragon Duchess.

Even Beor Angryn, the commander of the Southern Military Region, who was from the same family as Her Majesty the Queen and the Prime Minister, could not help but feel awe when facing Grand Duke Iliad.

The golden morning light penetrated the pointed arch windows around the council chamber, casting a family emblem on the stained glass onto the obsidian floor.

A week after Grand Duke Iliad took office, his subordinates suggested that he design a family crest.

The family emblem is a symbol of nobility in the entire human world and has extraordinary significance. Although Asuna is the only one in the Iliad family now, a family emblem is still a must.

Asuna's former family also had a family crest, but it was only the crest of a minor noble family, which was completely incompatible with her current status as a Grand Duke and needed to be changed.

The people below submitted many versions, most of which were images related to dragons, but none of them satisfied His Royal Highness the Grand Duke.

Until a clever subordinate added a dragon-shaped rune around the dragon, exactly the same as the one on Cohen's wrist, and it was immediately adopted by His Highness the Grand Duke.

In the council chamber, Foren's report was not yet finished.

When it was reported that a banditry had recently appeared on the border and plundered the Holy Oak trees that had been transplanted from the Holy Oak Principality not long ago, a figure in a crimson velvet robe suddenly passed through everyone's sight, and the officials present instantly became cautious in their breathing.

The Holy Oak is a specialty of the Principality of Holy Oak. A gelatinous essence called "Oak Essence" can be extracted from the heart of the tree.

It can enhance the magician's magical perception and is also an important material for making advanced magic props.

By adding a small amount of oak spirit to other materials, you can improve the quality and magic capacity of magic items.

After the Principality of Holy Oak voluntarily surrendered, Cohen took this specialty of Holy Oak for himself without any hesitation.

The first batch of excellent holy oak seedlings was sent directly to Asuna by Cohen for personal gain.

The growing conditions of the Holy Oak were also very demanding. Asuna searched for a long time in the southern border before she found a suitable place near the border with the Kingdom of Ceylon.

Foren's report came to an abrupt end. He knew that this incident would make His Royal Highness the Grand Duke angry, but there was nothing he could do. Most of the troops in the country were busy clearing out the remnants of the Gaunt family, and they really had no energy to take care of those sacred oak trees.

Grand Duke Iliad stood up from the throne. Her tall and slender figure allowed her to look down at the many officials present. It was somewhat inappropriate for a Grand Duke to sit on the throne, but considering that this throne was specially commissioned by His Majesty the King, no one bothered about this obvious violation of the rules.

Her long chestnut hair fell behind her shoulders, and her delicate earrings swayed gently with her steps.

The crimson velvet robe she wore was paired with a corset woven with silver and burgundy silk threads, outlining her perfect figure.

The seven silver fox fur trims on the stand-up collar fit closely to the Grand Duke's slender white neck, and the embroidery of red dragon wings gathers from the shoulder blades to the waist.

Grand Duke Iliad always kept his chin slightly raised, and the ruby necklace rose and fell in the depression of his delicate collarbone with his breathing, like a drop of solidified blood hanging in a dazzling snowfield.

The ermine fur trim on the cuffs was as wide as a palm and almost blended in with the Grand Duke's cold white skin.

Anyone who knows the goods can tell at a glance that this velvet robe must be a top-notch piece from the mainland's top trading company, "Flaming Red Lips".

Grand Duke Iliad's flawless, slender hand held a scepter inlaid with amethyst gems and gently tapped the base of the throne. The council hall instantly fell silent.

The morning light just happened to penetrate the golden hairnet at her temples at this moment, splitting her breathtakingly beautiful face into two parts: light and dark. A cold arc appeared at the corner of her lips, and an indifferent voice rang out:

"So, you let a group of refugees from the Kingdom of Ceylon burn the sacred oak forest that Your Majesty gave me?"

(End of this chapter)