苍狼之灵

Chapter four: Enemies

Chu Wenlou clenched his claws tightly to the ground. If he hadn't just experienced the tremendous impact of being resurrected and transformed from a human to a beast, and his nerves were incredibly resilient, he would have rushed over and grabbed the magician's throat at all costs to ask for his identity. But now he must endure and find a suitable opportunity to figure out the origin of this damn wizard.

Iger's parents were horticulturists and tailors in the palace, and Iger himself had served the royal court since childhood. To celebrate his return, the generous king specially invited his family to attend the king's dinner. The Royal Palace Restaurant is located on a grassy hillside, facing the sea. From a distance, the sea looks like a dark blue sky.

Six marble columns divide the rectangular hall into two parts. The pillars are wrapped in dense ivy and wild roses, and the surrounding walls are adorned with fragrant flowers and plants. There are twelve exquisite statues leaning against the walls. Spring water flows down from the wine glasses, harps, horns, and raised palms held by the figures, and flows into the ditch below, emitting a pleasant gurgling sound.

The long table was covered in greenery, with a large bouquet of flowers in the center. In the middle of the flowers were bronze high footed candlesticks and twelve whale oil candles, illuminating the entire hall like daylight. Around the flowers, vessels made of pure silver and gold shimmered, filled with delicious food and wine.

At the king's family banquet, apart from the king and his son and two daughters, there were only the Aeg family, the palace magician Andy, and the palace guard chief Karon. As a general in charge of the palace's armed forces, Karon had no imposing image and looked more like a lewd merchant.

In fact, in this country where there has been no war for at least 800 years, this native born warrior really doesn't have any military temperament. Apart from guarding the palace, his only job is probably to escort delicious deep-sea snow fish to pay tribute to Emperor Tegel every year.

Aig, you are studying under General Xiyu. In a big place like the Imperial Capital, your vision, knowledge, and experience must have grown rapidly. How is the situation in the Imperial Capital now? I am about to ask Kalon to present deep-sea snow fish to the Queen. The king narrowed his eyes into a slit on his chubby face and smiled at Iger.

Iger put down his knife and fork, grabbed his snow-white napkin, wiped his mouth, and nodded slightly, saying, "Yes, my king. Lord Xiyu is a very skilled knight and one of the four great swordsmen in the imperial capital. I followed him and learned his golden fighting spirit, and now I have trained it to level four fighting spirit.

The imperial capital is very prosperous and bustling, with its capital city being tens of times larger than our palace city and a population hundreds of times larger than our royal city. There are wizard guilds, mercenary groups of all sizes, the most elite griffin army of the empire, and dragon knights there. There, there are also many exotic merchants, elves and dwarves, as well as slaves poached from even more distant orc kingdoms.

Egger's expression was beaming with excitement, but a hint of disappointment flashed in the king's eyes: this is a knight without political sense. He shook his head noncommittally, no longer interested in hearing what he said.

The king has become a foodie again. After gnawing on a piece of tender roasted lamb chops, he picked up a piece of fatty foie gras and chewed it carefully. He said to Karon, "Karon, when you arrive at the imperial capital, pay attention to the situation there. I heard that some nobles are not very satisfied with the empress. Although we are far away, once the whole empire is hit by a hurricane, this peaceful harbor will also stir up huge waves.

I understand, Your Majesty, "Karon nodded elegantly, then scooped a spoon of Gnaeus caviar into the plate, but it seemed that the knight commander actually didn't understand anything.