326 I Demand a Competition for the Pos (1/2)

After the end of the big banquet that continued until the morning, Aya groggily returned to her chamber—the city master’s bedroom to be exact.

As a spirit, she took the form of a spirit of the brave departed, and while living, she was one of the most powerful knights in the continent. Her strong physique even surpassed that of the powerful physique of the strange creatures in the wild land. Naturally, her alcohol capacity was bottomless.

However, she still ended up drunk. On the banquet, Bedivere unexpectedly took out the Dragon Clan’s secret wine, and mixed each barrel with one cup, letting the hall full of heroes turn into a drunken sailor. Aya alone had drunk one of the barrels and immediately felt dizzy.

When she opened her eyes again, she found out that she was no longer in the main bedroom with a luxurious ceiling of the city master’s mansion, but rather in an endless darkness.

”Good morning, Aya.”

Wang Lu’s gentle greeting sound somewhat stuffed.

”Where is this?”

Aya vigorously shook her dizzy head, propped herself up, and tried to observe the surrounding situation. However, her hands were unexpectedly weaker than she thought, so she almost fell back.

Wang Lu immediately pulled Aya up, constantly shaking his head. ”Alas, you’re a wreck, you know. Not only you’re delirious, even your hair is messy. I’ll help you pluck one of those that stick out.”

Aya peevishly swatted away Wang Lu’s hand and then swept around her eyes. Suddenly, her somewhat blurred vision turned sharp. ”This is the King’s Treasure House!”

Wang Lu said, ”I thought you forgot about it. Although we’ve won against Holy Light Religion, we’re not free yet. Our main task is not finished yet, but our opening is a bit wide.”

Aya was silent for a moment. ”Where are the others? Are they here?”

”Of course they’re here, the price for collective transmission is very high, how could they not get in?”

Aya narrowed her eyes, and sure enough, in the darkness, she saw the figures of Liu Li, Bai Shixuan, and Quan Zouhua.

”What exactly happened?”

Wang Lu said, ”We have gathered the required nine hundred and ninety-nine blood roses. After two fierce battles, we managed to collectively kill more than one thousand and five hundred middle order professions of Holy Light Religion.”

Aya said, ”I know, but I remember Golden King once said that we have to return to Taobao first and enter through any of the entrances, so I never thought I’d be back here this soon.”

While speaking, Aya’s eyes gradually turned sharp. ”Wang Lu, I want to believe you, but can you give me an explanation, why?”

It could be said that the timing of Wang Lu pulling Aya back to the treasure house was somewhat defective. After experiencing that war that decided the future of Brettonia, Aya was going to take this opportunity to fully strengthen her authority, to make up as far as possible for the side effect of Wang Lu’s previous premium offer to invite people to join.

Although Wang Lu’s offered commitment was not the intention of Aya, Aya would not blatantly breach it. In her opinion, even in a federal state, she could still have authority over anyone, as long as she properly made it in this period of time… Unfortunately, in this best period of time, Wang Lu actually brought her to the treasure house, thus causing her to miss the opportunity. But with Aya’s understanding of Wang Lu, it was hard to imagine that he was careless.

”The reason is…” Seeing how serious Aya was, Wang Lu could only seriously reply, ”I really don’t want you to make the same mistake over again, that is all.”

”Make the same mistake?”

”Have you learned your lesson from your failure more than one hundred years ago?”

Aya sighed. ”This is different!”

”Yes, at that time, your situation is actually better than now. Holy Light Religion didn’t take you as a thorn in their face and Brettonia hasn’t been castrated by Holy Light Religion for more than one hundred years. At that time, you are at your heyday. Yet, you failed. Your loyal Knights of the Round Table were torn apart, those courtiers who you regarded as confidant moved away from you, and even your Knights who were once like brothers fought each other until there were rivers of blood. Now the situation is even more difficult than that, so I’m worried that you would make the same mistake.”

”Your worry is unnecessary. I will not make the same mistake.” Aya said, ”Besides, will taking me away from Dragon City improve the situation? A leaderless group of people would turn into chaos faster than you think!”

”You don’t have to worry about that, I have already made sufficient arrangements before coming here. Moreover, as for our present situation, we need to make progress in this King’s Treasure House as soon as possible so that it would attract all the attention of Holy Light Religion away from Brettonia. At the very least, we will have a bargaining chip for negotiation.”

Aya calmly thought about it, and then accepted Wang Lu’s explanation. Currently, the King’s Treasure House was the most important strategic point of Holy Light Religion, with status certainly much higher than Brettonia. Once there was an instability here, Holy Light Religion would try to quell the situation at any cost, which could indeed divert their attention from Brettonia.

However, there was one problem that she couldn’t let go: what was the meaning of making the same mistake? What mistake?

Wang Lu said, ”As for your so-called would not make mistake, you don’t even realize what was wrong in the first place, how could you confidently say you will not make the same mistake?”

”Of course I know!” Aya’s voice gradually rose. ”This past one hundred years, I have been reflecting about myself. I know very well that, as a king, I have a lot of shortcomings. Therefore, this time, I will be more cautious and more modest in leading my people to victory… definitely, will not fail again!”

”Ridiculous.” Wang Lu has never been so harsh on her. ”If that’s what you think, then you will surely fail again! Because you don’t know what kind of qualities a true leader should possess. Do you think you can be a qualified monarch by raising your personal attributes to infinity? That’s truly a joke!”