423 Gang Up 1 (1/2)
Chapter 423: Gang Up 1
Garen was escorted by four Black Fire Guards away from the Royal Library, towards Black Fire Palace.
It was completely dark in the Black Fire Palace; dark red patterns permeated the dark hall.
From a bird’s eye view, the room looked like a right-angled triangle, surrounded by round, dark red pillars, and on those pillars were inscriptions of different large black symbols with unknown meaning.
Opposite the Black Fire Palace was the Eleventh Palace of the Eleven Princesses. Twin statues stood towering against each other.
Garen left the administrative area, past the public area, and walked up towards the little stone bridge at the Black Fire Palace. Four Black Fire guards followed him from behind, all in heavy battle hoods which gave off a cold, stern air.
The guards and maids along the way all gave their respects to Garen.
To enter the Black Fire Palace proper, he had to pass through the Eleventh Palace first.
It was just dawn then, a maid in a red shirt was escorting a young man towards the Eleventh Palace in the open corridor out in front.
The man looked calm but had a hint of anxiety in his eyes. He looked handsome, but due to the contrast between his expression and his eyes, he gave off an odd feeling of disharmony.
As Garen walked past the corridor, he suddenly glanced at the maid escorting the male from afar.
That maid also bowed out of respect in the distance, even the man she escorted had to bow.
”Who is that person?” Garen stopped and asked one of the guards.
”Sir, that man is a guest that the Eleventh Princess wishes to see, he is a commoner from outside the palace.” This male guard was surprised by the sudden question and hurriedly answered.
”A man meeting the Her Eleventh Majesty?” Garen frowned, and thought about his previous guess. ”Have him leave the area.”
”But… that man is someone Eleventh Her Majesty insisted on meeting personally…” The guard felt troubled, he was a close guard of the Eleventh Palace, and judging from the intonation of Her Majesty when she gave the order, he reckoned that he was someone important.
”Has he made many trips here?” Garen suddenly asked further.
”Yes….” The guard nodded heavy heartedly.
”In the future, do not let this person in without my orders.” Garen barked, then strode away.
The four Black Fire Guards stomped away in their heavy armor, leaving a pressuring aura in their wake.
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Pap!
Clang!!
Eleventh Princess Tina vehemently smashed a vase onto the ground.
”Die!”
”Die die die!!”
Tina locked herself inside the reading room, smashing everything she could inside the soundproof area.
”I’m so furious! Damn that Garen! Damn that Black Fire Palace!! How does it concern you who I wish to meet?!”
hards of crystal porcelain were scattered everywhere on the floor, leaving the entire room in a mess.
She didn’t dare cause a ruckus outside. The Black Fire Heavy Guards were stationed outside the Palace, under orders from the Black Fire Palace to not allow anyone out without permission, and that if need be, to request so from Garen himself.
This made Tina angry to the brink of losing control. She wasn’t able to see Beckstone, whom she wanted to meet, now she was even placed under house arrest in her own palace.
However, she could not complain. In His Majesty Avic’s eyes, the Ten Princesses were not comparable to his left and right arm, let alone Garen, the expert of the kingdom, a top totem user. Don’t even mention house arrests, if Garen wanted her, Avic may not even voice a second opinion, and arrange a marriage.
After lashing out, Tina finally calmed down.
”Now what? I can’t even get out of the palace, they can’t come in…I would need to look into other avenues if I were to escape from here.”
In a short few weeks, the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon Garen’s reputation had spread all across the kingdom. He was also regarded as one of the two strongest Generals under Avic, alongside the Garland Swordsman Edin.
Of course, to outsiders’ eyes, to the enemies’ eyes, the two of them were Avic’s most loyal eaglehounds. Or perhaps their status was much higher than that of an eaglehound, but functionally, they were eaglehounds without question.
Although Edin was a genius with strong capabilities, he paid no heed towards macromanagement, and neither was he an expert on it. Garen was different, holding tightly to the status and power. His Black Fire guards were mysterious, each of them exceedingly strong, and their identical Black Fire Wolves were all ferocious. Adding onto the strong equipment produced by the Royal Alliance, each Black Fire Heavy Guard was able to take on two totem users of the same level.
No matter who it was, if they want to take out Avic, They must first go through Edin and Garen, his two defenses.
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Another week later.
Within the Black Fire Palace.
Garen walked into the left hall of the Grand Hall, walking in front of a small room.
The small black door was wide open, inside was a youngster with a black ponytail sitting down.
As Garen walked in, the youngster stood up, his face a reflection of joy.
”Garen, are you done with today’s matters?”
”Haven’t you gone to your grandfather’s place?” Garen walked over and sat opposite the youngster.
A small table was placed in between the two men, and on the tabletop were two cups of steaming hot red tea.
The room was filled with the thin fragrance of the red tea.