The Hero in Exile

Under the cover of night, the whole picture of the palace could be vaguely seen in the moonlight. The gate inside the palace that looked magnificent outside had long been extremely decayed. The decorations that once symbolized the emperor's power and wealth no longer existed. What was even more decayed than the gate was the emperor who sat on the position with only a title.

"Born, why are you back? Shouldn't you be staying in the Demon King's Castle to take care of it now?"

When Born came back without any notice and said he had an emergency late at night, Dillian was obviously displeased.

"Great Emperor, the untouchables in Demon King's City held a large-scale strange meeting, and the Templar Knights I brought were unfortunately poisoned. I have very few soldiers left. Now Ruilin City is still being rebuilt. I request Your Majesty to ask the church for support."

A hint of joy flashed across his originally gloomy face but was quickly suppressed, but his eyes were always examining Bourne.

"The Knights Templar are warriors of the God of Light. How could they be easily poisoned by the demons?"

"They got drunk together one night, and suddenly they decided to go to the demon settlement to visit the women who had lost their husbands..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking. I understand the situation."

Dillian was originally ready to say no but when he heard this, it was okay. There happened to be some knights in the capital who had been eating, drinking and having fun for a long time without doing anything, so he could be sent over. This way, the Demon King's Castle would be full of people from the church and it would be easier to control it.

"You can withdraw now. I will notify the knights to follow you tomorrow. I hope nothing will go wrong this time, Born."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

After receiving the order, Bourne left as he did before, as if his purpose was really to come and ask for reinforcements.

Recalling the negotiations a few months ago.

The one sent by the demons to negotiate was Hill, the commander of the demon battle mage army, a very talented demon woman. If she were a human, her magical attainments would only be lower than those of the two great wizards of the human race.

During the negotiations, the demons provided information to show their sincerity, saying that there was a traitor in Ruilin City.

The traitor was not from the demon tribe but from the church.

Born didn't believe it at first and thought it was a fantasy. The friendship between the Church and the Empire lasted for hundreds of years. Even if the Church's original intention had changed, he would not doubt the Church just because of Hill's one-sided words.

But the documents Hill directly provided to try to attack Ruilin City were full of weirdness. Originally, the demons planned to build a siege tower outside the city and besiege the city for a month or two. But one night they found that there were no guards on the city wall and even the city gates were open.

The demons thought there was an ambush at the time, but after probing and testing repeatedly, they were sure that there was no problem. Only then did the demon army enter the city without any losses.

Born recalled those days when Ruilin City was besieged. The church sent a team of knights led by a priest, saying they were there to help, but they were not seen on the day of the incident.

In the past few months, we also sent people to investigate and found a secret order from their residence asking them to go to Ruilin City to help the demons enter the city. They really have evil ambitions.

The current church no longer wants to be a church. They want to establish a country by relying on the empire and the demons.

This time, we have reached a cooperation with Hill and joined forces with the demons to eliminate the knights of the Demon King's City, and removed the chains with the magic-forbidden stones on their bodies. As long as we bring the knights of the imperial capital to the Demon King's City, we will be able to kill them.

Moreover, it seems that even the emperor is controlled by the church, and the situation is not optimistic.

……

"It's right here. Just walk in for another minute or two."

"You wait here. It will be dangerous if you go any further inside. And this is your reward."

Bronzebeard untied the pouch at his belt, weighed the money, and threw it to the miner.

The heavy weight forced the miner to hold it with both hands, and when he opened the purse, the golden light inside was so bright that he could hardly open his eyes.

Gold is gold, and he won't have to work for most of his life. The miner tied the purse to his belt with his trembling body and tried his best to control his legs so as not to kneel down and kiss Bronzebeard's leather shoes.

"It's my honor to serve you."

As he spoke, his hands unconsciously placed on his belt.

Before entering the mine, several people handed all their luggage to the miner waiting outside, and told him that if he found something wrong in the cave or there was a large-scale collapse, he could leave first, and the rest of the people would enter fully armed with their equipment.

"My Lord King, the overall elemental energy is getting stronger and stronger. I think it's just ahead."

Bronzebeard, Moran and Lingyu were in the middle of the team. Bronzebeard's guards were divided into two groups, one group was exploring in the front and the other was guarding the rear, which was very safe.

"This energy is so pure, so pure it's terrifying."

The elemental monsters inside never restrained their strength. It was just a pile of stones stained with angels' blood, but they burst out with such power. Bronzebeard clenched his hammer and prepared for the battle.

Seeing that Bronzebeard was nervous even before he saw the enemy, Moran couldn't help but mock him.

"I didn't expect the dwarf king to be so cowardly."

"What do you know? This is an elemental monster with divine blood. I even doubt whether you are ignorant."

Moran smiled contemptuously, "No matter how powerful he is, he can't be stronger than the Dragon King. After all, I killed a mad Dragon King when I went to the orcs."

Except for Lingyu, everyone else was surprised. There was no need to brag about such a thing. According to the current relationship between orcs and dwarves, they could find out the truth by just asking around.

"Dragon King? Why don't the orcs send envoys to trade for such a big matter?"

Lingyu, who had been silent at the side, thought about it.

"Do you think it is possible that we are the messenger?"