Magical Strategist

Chapter 456: Dangers Lurk Around (V)

At five in the morning, the sky gradually brightened and more and more people were walking on the road.

Various merchant groups were driving their carriages to go out of the city to do business. Since the other gates were closed, they could only go out of the city through the west gate.

Merchants found it strange that the east, south, and north exits were blocked for no reason. Those who wanted to go to the south or east of the city to do business had to take a long detour. Moreover, anyone leaving the city, whether merchants or ordinary people, even members of the Knights Templar, had to undergo strict inspections and their identities were confirmed before they were allowed to leave the city.

All the traffic today was concentrated at the west gate, and coupled with searches one by one, more than a thousand people were crowded at the city gate. The scene was like a group of refugees fleeing famine, and it was a mess.

"I was wondering why those guys would let me out of the city so easily. They are checking my ID again." Zhenlong, disguised as a merchant, mixed in the crowd. He had golden hair, wore a silk gown, and looked very elegant. What was even more eye-catching was the gold ring on his finger. He looked like a real rich man!

"What should we do then?" Ling Die said worriedly. She was wearing a faded sleeveless vest, black loose men's trousers, a worn straw hat, and a layer of dust on her face, looking dirty, like a porter doing rough work for a vendor. It was rare to see such a delicate porter. "Also, why do you have to dress this princess like this? I don't like it at all. This dress, these pants, and this hat are so smelly!"

"Hush, keep your voice down!" Zhenlong quickly covered Lingdie's mouth and glared at her. "This is just to hide it, just bear with it for a while."

"Xiaodie, you are a porter now, you can't do anything rash." Teresa said with a smile. She was wearing a rose-red long dress with gold threads, a pair of brown leather high heels, a jade bracelet on each wrist, a tall figure, and elegant brown short hair. She looked like a wealthy businessman's woman.

"Hmph, you only know how to bully others. Why don't you let me dress up like Sister Sha?" Ling Die said unconvinced.

"Because you are too short." Zhenlong said coldly.

"How dare you! You stinking street performer!" Ling Die blushed and gave Zhen Long a cold look. She hated it most when people said she was short. When she was in the palace, if any servant dared to say she was short behind her back, she would be courting death. After all, she was only 17 or 18 years old, and a height of about 1.5 meters was not particularly short. Maybe she would grow taller.

"That's enough. I don't have time to chat with you... You two wait here, I'll be back soon." He left a word and disappeared without waiting for Theresa and the other two to respond.

"Hey, where are you going? Are you abandoning us?" Ling Die said anxiously.

"It's okay, we just have to wait." Teresa said with a smile.

"Why should we listen to him? When will a stinking street performer become the boss? He's just a street performer, what's so great about him? Forget it, this princess is magnanimous and won't bother with him for now." Ling Die said with a pout.

"That's right, don't bother with him. I'm afraid you two will quarrel." Teresa paused and said, "By the way, Xiaodie, can I ask a question?"

"What does Sister Sha want to ask?"

"Can you tell me what kind of magic you used to freeze those nuns in place when Aaron was trapped? I have never seen such a strange spell." Teresa asked. At that time, she wanted to rush to rescue the real dragon, but the nun stood there like a statue, motionless, watching the flames escape from under her nose. The magic didn't look gorgeous, but it was actually quite terrifying.

"It's normal that Sister Sha hasn't seen it, because it's not magic at all. Since you want to know, I'll tell you..."

The story goes back to the winter ten years ago, in the capital of Lausanne, the Royal City of Komolot.

On this day, heavy snow covered the entire royal city, covering the luxurious palace with a natural layer of white gauze. Early in the morning, the maids took brooms to clean the snow in front of the palace gate.

"Hey, come here, there's someone!" a maid shouted in astonishment. Sure enough, at her feet was an old man who was frozen stiff. The old man had gray hair, and was wearing a thin and torn cloth shirt, and the pair of straw sandals on his feet were also torn to pieces.

Everyone gathered around and stared at the old man as if they were watching a show, but no one went forward to rescue him.

"It's so cold, and he's wearing so little. It's strange that he didn't freeze to death."

"He's just a stinky beggar. He can't die here. It's so unlucky. Get rid of him!"

"Speaking of which, His Majesty the King will be back soon. If someone is seen dead at the door, it will be the end of us."

As they spoke, the maids put down their brooms and prepared to carry the old man away.

As luck would have it, at this moment, the king's carriage slowly drove over. Seeing that the maids did not clean up the snow properly but gathered together to chat lazily, the king was immediately furious.

"Father, don't be angry. Die'er will go down and see what happened." Ling Die's pure and lovely face was filled with a childlike smile. She had just turned seven years old at that time.

Lingdie jumped down and ran over immediately.

Seeing the princess coming, the maids hurriedly said, "Princess, please forgive me..."

"I'm forgiven. The princess is in a good mood today and will not punish you... Hey, why is there an old man here?" Ling Die then noticed the old man behind the maids.

"Your Highness, the old beggar is probably frozen to death. We were just planning to carry him away when you came back."

"Dead?" Ling Die came to the old man, felt his breath with her fingers, and suddenly shouted: "He's still alive! What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and save him!"

"But Princess, he is just an old beggar. Is it necessary to save him?"

"Are beggars not human beings? Who dares not to obey my orders?!" Ling Die said angrily.

Finally, the old man was carried into the palace...

A few days later, the old man finally woke up. The first thing he did after waking up was to see his lifesaver. The maids told him that the princess would not lower her status to meet with ordinary people, let alone a beggar. The old man had no choice but to give up. For the next ten days, the old man ate and drank in the palace as a "guest".

It was not until one day when the king accidentally mentioned the beggar he had saved before that the old man had the opportunity to meet his benefactor.

On this day, the king invited a duke of Lausanne and several high-ranking officials to a banquet. After getting drunk, they joked. The duke said: Our country of Lausanne is now the richest country. I am sure that all our people have enough food and clothing. The king retorted: This is wrong. A beggar almost froze to death at the gate of the palace a while ago. How can we have enough food and clothing? The duke smiled and said: Your Majesty is drunk. The royal city of Komorot is the richest treasure land in our country. All the people in the city have a fortune. How can there be beggars! The king responded: My dear, if you don’t believe it? I will call him and you will know once you ask him.

Finally, the old man was called over. According to the rules of Lausanne, ordinary people must kowtow to show respect to the king. But the old man just stood there stupidly, not even saying "Your Majesty".

The king was naturally very unhappy and scolded him, "Old man, why don't you kneel down and bow to me when you see me?"

The old man stubbornly replied: "I only worship one person in my life."

"Do you know who I am?" the king asked angrily.

"I know. You are the monarch of Lausanne." the old man replied.

"Since you know that, why don't you kneel down?" The king's anger grew even more intense.

The old man was not frightened by the king's anger at all, but seemed calmer. His gray hair was scattered on his shoulders, and his bright eyes were smiling at the king, which was quite intimidating.

At this time, the Duke had to smooth things over, saying, "Your Majesty, calm down. There are too many ignorant people. Why bother to argue with them? By the way, old man, let me ask you, where are you from? Why are you so poor that you have to beg on the street? Is it because your children don't support you or what? The laws of my country of Lausanne stipulate that if the elderly are not supported, you can report it to the local government."

The Duke's words were somewhat humane. The old man smiled and replied, "I am from Dongzhou State and I have no children at home."

"Dongzhou Kingdom? What place is that?" The Duke widened his eyes.

Everyone at the table looked at each other, and for a moment no one knew what was going on.

A knowledgeable councilor suddenly said, "I have heard of Dongzhou. It was a country in the east of the human continent eight hundred years ago, across the sea from the blood elf continent."

"Eight hundred years, Dongzhou Kingdom, hahaha, it seems that not only His Majesty drank too much today, but even this old man drank too much, hahaha... Old man, you are quite humorous..." The Duke laughed heartily. "What's your name, and what do you do?"

"My name is Weiss Masino, and I am the leader of the Gu King faction of the "God King Group", also known as the Gu God."

When the old man told everyone his name, everyone was stunned.

What is the origin of the God King Group? It was an evil group that almost destroyed humanity 800 years ago. They had developed countless forbidden techniques, such as immortality, life extension, formation, Hades sword technique, etc. The Gu God of that year was even more of a nightmare. No one could break his witchcraft. The most exaggerated one was that he could kill people invisibly from a thousand miles away. Later, some monks who were eager for power consulted a lot of historical books in order to learn the witchcraft of the Gu God, but in the end they found nothing.

"Wow, hahahaha, the old man is not only humorous, but also likes to brag!" The Duke laughed. "Since you are a powerful Gu God, how did you almost freeze to death?"

"My life span is almost over, and I had no choice but to convert all my magical powers into twenty years of life, so my body is no longer as good as it used to be." The old man continued.