255 The Old King’s Abacus
The main street of King Yilan City was so empty that it was frightening.
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Obviously, this place is usually busy with traffic, and it is the most prosperous city in the west of the human territory.
But now, the entire main street is almost empty, with only the guards in thick armor circling the streets and alleys in a uniform manner, and the few city residents are huddled under the eaves, their heads lowered to speed up their pace.
Luo Ning passed the guards, and he glanced sideways. Those guards were wearing light yellow copper armor, which was completely different from the fine-textured silver armor on the Imperial Knights that Luo Ning had encountered before. Look. Going up to work is a lot rougher.
At this time, the guards in Yilan King City should still be under the old king. A large number of troops from the Loktar Empire have not had time to station, and at this stage they have only issued strict orders.
Luo Ning didn’t know how the disappearance of a knight order would affect the empire, but since the number of the knight order was ranked No. 27, it was only one of the teams that was missing. Is it necessary to make such a move?
Downstairs of the castle, there are guards with spears in both hands at the closed gate.
After going back and forth, both of them were ‘acquaintances’ of Luo Ning, so they recognized Luo Ning’s face at a glance.
“The city owner has an important meeting to be held now, and I can’t see anyone…”
Before Luo Ning could speak, the guards on both sides spoke first.
Luo Ning: “I have something to do with the city owner.”
Although it has been stopped, it does not hinder Luo Ning’s footsteps.
If he can’t get in frontally, he has another way.
Two guards, look at me, I look at you, with a little hesitation in their eyes.
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On one side is the order of ‘no one shall enter’ issued by the city lord this morning. On the one hand, the city owner once ordered ‘to give this man special treatment, he can enter under any circumstances, even if the evening bell rings, he can enter’.
These two orders conflicted, and for a while I didn’t know what to do.
Luo Ning didn’t want to delay, he walked to the gate of the confinement and tried to push.
The door is heavy, but with a little effort, it can be pushed open halfway.
To Luo Ning’s surprise, he pushed the door open on his own, and the two guards didn’t even want to step forward to stop him.
“There are other fortifications inside, you may not see it when you go in…” The guard guarding the door slowly persuaded.
But they said it a little too late, they only heard the door ‘squeak’ and closed directly.
Luo Ning broke in easily.
The corridors, as usual, were lit with bright magic lamps, with carved Roman columns supporting the sides, and frescoes of angels and heaven above and on the walls.
But this time, Luo Ning didn’t have the time to enjoy the murals. He quickened his pace and walked straight to the audience room of the city lord he had been to.
It’s a little strange that Luo Ning didn’t even see half a person along the way.
The situation inside was completely opposite to what the guard at the entrance said. Without any defensive measures, Luo Ning came to the door of the audience room effortlessly.
“Lord City Lord, you have to think carefully… If we really get to this point, we will have no way back!”
“I’ve thought about it very clearly.”
“We have no chance of winning, Lord City Lord!”
“But we have no other way to go. Do you think they are just robbers or robbers, they are murderous demons, and they will do anything for profit! I would rather let the citizens of the kingdom of Elan die in an honorable battle for freedom , and don’t want them to be scapegoats who die in a foreign country!”
Luo Ning stopped when he heard the deafening quarrel in the house.
The voices of the people inside are not difficult to distinguish. One is the old voice of the old man of the city lord Yilan, and the other is the voice of a young woman, probably the headmistress of Saint Zemaria College.
These two people are the people that Luo Ning knows and know Milia best. They can get together to save Luo Ning the trouble of looking for them.
The things they talked about really made Luo Ning feel very strange, but he didn’t care about this kind of thing at all now, and what happened to the human territory had nothing to do with him.
“Knock knock.”
After all, there was something to ask, Luo Ning tried his best to be polite.
He knocked on the door.
The thick wooden door made a dull sound.
The quarrel inside came to an abrupt end.
After about ten seconds of silence, Luo Ning vaguely heard them say something in a low voice, and the tone was extremely flustered.
Luo Ning also heard fragmented metal collisions, which sounded like some kind of weapon.
Someone was walking slowly, lightly.
With the sound of the door opening, Luo Ning involuntarily took a half step back.
“call out–!”
Fortunately, he stepped back, otherwise the cold dagger would have stabbed into his forehead.
The dagger was linked by a silver chain. Seeing that it didn’t hit the target, the man who used the chain was slightly startled.
He pulled the chain back with all his strength, spinning half a circle in the air, intending to stab Lonin again.
Luo Ning still didn’t understand the situation.
But the method of attacking when you open the door like this… Probably because you overheard their secret conversation, so you want to kill people?
Although Luo Ning did not have any special training, the aisle here is not spacious, and there are fragile vases and weapon racks around. When the dagger on the chain attacked Luo Ning again, it slammed into the vase, Clearly off track.
The man who used the chain attack was skilled, but he was too fat, and his movements were so slow that he seemed to be doing tai chi.
“Wait a minute, wait a minute!”
At the height of the audience room, the old city owner’s aged voice came hurriedly.
He could put it away violently, and the fat man with the chain in his hand quickly put away his weapon.
The chain was dragged on the ground with a clanging sound, and the man turned back to look at the old city lord on the chair and wondered.
“Your Majesty, our secrets have all been heard… Don’t you want to kill this man?”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.” The old city master pressed his palm, signaling the man to calm down.
He coughed again and said slowly, “Lord Luo Ning has long known my secret. Although he does not participate, he is definitely not our enemy…”
Under the gazes of many people, Luo Ning crossed his legs and entered the house.
There are more people here than Luo Ning guessed.
There were about seven or eight. Among them, the headmistress Luo Ning had met was standing not far from the old king’s side. They were discussing things just now, and the rest of them were listening quietly.
“Luo Ning… ‘Sir’?” The fat man holding the chain was obviously surprised by the title used by Luo Ning in the old dynasty.
How could His Majesty use such a title for a young man?
“Luoning, I’m curious how you got in.”
The person asking the question was the headmistress of Santa Zemaria College.
The people in the room were tall, short, fat, thin, and men and women.
For a time, everyone focused their attention on Luo Ning.
Luo Ning was a little uncomfortable, but he still walked forward without fear.
He basically glanced at the people present, and there was no Milia, which made Luo Ning a little disappointed.
“I came in directly. Apart from the guards guarding the gate, there is no defense here, right?” Luo Ning replied casually.
The woman was stunned, and her thin purple high-heeled shoes stepped on the ground.
“How could that be? Although the guards at the entrance of the aisle and the audience room, as well as the castle patrolmen have been called to patrol the streets, I can set up ten magical defenses here…”
The headmistress was confused.
She even wondered if her defensive magic had failed.
But she is a great magician of the earth attribute. The earth attribute is best at defensive magic, so it is impossible for her to be broken and guessed so easily.
Just when she felt strange, she tried to use her magic power to perceive the defensive magic that she had arranged before.
It’s okay not to feel it, but as soon as she felt it, she took a few steps back.
“How…how…the defenses I spent all morning setting up—all gone?!”
“It’s not simply breaking, but just disappearing!”
Those defenses consumed too much mana from the Headmaster.
This place was originally the last line of defense after being invaded by the imperial knights, but now, these lines of defense have all disappeared out of thin air? !
For a while, they all stared at Luo Ning, their eyes full of alertness.
Luo Ning was puzzled.
But he probably guessed why.
He can easily break through the magic defense carefully arranged by the great demon king Lilulu, not to mention the defense set up by a human mage…
“…It should be my problem.” Luo Ning felt that this matter still had to be admitted by himself.
“Should?!” The headmistress was surprised.
She even wondered if Lorning was in Versailles.
“Maria, you have seen Lord Luoning’s magic, so don’t panic…”
“But, Your Majesty…”
Maria knew, of course, but she was equally confident in her magic.
That is to the extent that even if the great magician of the empire comes, it is impossible to destroy it easily… and it is impossible to destroy it silently like this.
However, when Maria saw the king closing his eyes and shaking his head, she restrained her emotions.
“Lord Luo Ning came here to see me this time, is there something important?”
The old king lowered his voice very slowly, very slowly, completely different from the excitement Luo Ning overheard just now.
Luo Ning watched the king sitting on the throne calmly, and he took a step forward.
“Milia, has she ever come to you?”
“Milia, Miria’s words, did come here.”
The old king’s voice was obviously a little hesitant. His eyes glanced at the people in the hall, and he continued.
“Maria, you stay, the others will go out first.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Several people in the audience room looked at each other, facing the old king’s order, they still chose to leave the room.
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(We are going to apply for cover illustration, which character do you want to see?
Lilulu, Raphael, Milia, it should be one of the three at present, everyone votes =w=)