"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness?" Joanna urgently called out to the sleeping Lord of Emerald City.
Li Aili opened her eyes drowsily.
The bedroom was still pitch black.
"What time is it?" Li Aili asked groggily, not fully awake yet.
4:03.
Li Aili paused for a moment, "What? I slept all day?"
Joanna: "No, Your Highness, it's 4:03 a.m.
Li Aili, who was about to get up, was speechless.
Li Aili relaxed completely, smoothly slipped back into her blanket, and skillfully wrapped herself up like a silkworm cocoon.
"Unless you tell me that a world war has broken out, I refuse to get up for work at this hour."
Her voice sounded muffled through the blanket.
Unexpectedly, Joanna was very firm this time, "However, Your Highness, the Kingdom of Clark has declared war on the five great empires, no, the four great empires."
Li Aili: "???"
She abruptly threw off the covers and sat up. "What did you say??"
"His Highness the Duke has already headed to the capital. All the officials of Emerald City are waiting for you in the conference room of the city hall."
Joanna: "Your Highness, we need your orders."
So, in just ten minutes, Li Aili got up, changed her clothes, quickly washed her face with water, and rushed to the city hall meeting room.
When Li Aili entered the conference hall, all the officials stood up solemnly and bowed their heads in respect.
After Emerald City Lord Li Aili took her seat, the officials returned to their seats.
"Lord!" A dwarf official almost stood up from his seat. "Is the news of the war true?"
Li Aili carefully considered her words, "At the moment, I cannot give a definite answer. Currently, the capital of Clark is refusing all communication requests."
The conference hall erupted in uproar.
"This must be a sign of impending war!"
"There's no escape now! Didn't you see the Duke lead his knights out of the city overnight?"
"What should we do?! Which side should we take?"
"Are you an idiot? The city lord's dukedom was bestowed by the Duke of Cold Emerald, and that duke is the blood brother of Clark's 'new king'! Which side do you think we're on?"
“But…but that one in the capital is an undead.” The goblin official muttered to himself, “The undead don’t recognize living relatives.”
"Alright! Quiet!" The Minister of Law attempted to maintain order using courtroom tactics.
But clearly, outside of court, nobody buys his act.
Li Aili: "..."
She looked around.
The old people who had been through thick and thin together were all silent. Led by the one-eyed Thomason, they all looked at her expectantly, waiting for her command.
However, due to the rapid expansion of Emerald City, many of the newly recruited officials were not so patient.
They were fearful and anxious, repeatedly shouting their own opinions, then arguing with those who disagreed, shouting and arguing until they couldn't win the argument, and then rolling up their sleeves...
Some problems that were not exposed before suddenly came to light after the Duke took away the most powerful knightly order, which severely reduced the sense of security.
Li Aili began taking out alchemical potions without expression.
[Calming Potion] *1
[Calming Potion] *2
...
Once dozens of bottles of calming potions were arranged in a small square, Li Aili directly said to Joanna behind her, "Come on, distribute the potions."
Joanna: "..."
Five minutes later, the conference room fell silent, and every official wore the same poker face.
The goblin who had been arguing with the official next to him said with unusual calm, "Actually, if we think about it carefully, we don't need to panic."
"Although His Excellency the Duke took away the strongest Cold Emerald Knights, we still have dragons, that colossal pumpkin that can pierce the sky, and alchemical warriors skilled in using various alchemical potions."
The grumpy dwarf official who had previously argued with the goblin said, "What you said makes some sense. At least for now, we should clarify which side we're on."
“Emerald City is independent; it can coexist with Clark. Of course, if Clark goes down the wrong path, we can also choose to sever ties with it.”
Several officials around him nodded in agreement.
The entire conference hall was as rigorous as an academic research meeting, with everyone speaking calmly.
"So, Your Highness, what is Emerald City's stance?"
Everyone looked at Li Aili.
...
After leaving Emerald City, the Knights immediately embarked on a forced march at maximum intensity.
The Platinum Knights opened the spatial portal without taking a deep breath.
At first, the newly promoted Platinum Knights were counting in their heads, but once the number exceeded 50, they stopped counting and just numbly gritted their teeth and opened the door.
Finally, the entire Knights arrived at the capital of Clark.
The entire King Clark was enveloped by a 'spatial sealing spell,' and the high-ranking knights' 'spatial gates' could not tear through this invisible 'protective shield.'
The entire knightly order was clad in dark mithril armor, and even their black nightmare steeds were covered in heavy full-body armor.
Then, the dark knights' formation moved automatically, and a 'lead horse' even larger than the knights' mounts slowly walked to the front.
The horse had bloodshot eyes, a mouth full of sharp fangs, and a black mane as dark as the night.
If one had to describe it, this horse would be the embodiment of nightmares and fear.
Riding on its back was none other than Arthur Saint Dragon, who had regained his family name.
The walls of the capital city of Clark are covered with white skeletons, ruled by high-ranking undead.
Upon seeing Arthur appear, the skeletal soldiers on the city wall dispersed like the tide. An undead general slowly walked onto the city wall, looking down with his head down.
His eyes burned with a deep green flame of his soul. "Hey, what are you doing running around to someone else's doorstep in the middle of the night instead of sleeping with a woman in your arms? Your Highness."
Shane Saint Dragon deliberately drew out his words as he addressed Arthur below the city.
The armor completely concealed Arthur's handsome face, leaving only his lake-blue eyes, which seemed to be brewing a storm.
"Albert, come out." His voice was not loud, but it was like a thunderclap, resounding throughout the entire capital of Clark.
The smile on Xie En Shenglong's face on the city wall slowly faded. "Your Highness, is this how you treat the Holy Dragon Crown Prince?"
In the past, Arthur would have avoided this issue.
But not today.
Arthur raised his hand, and Barton, who had been holding his breath behind him, immediately presented him with a longbow made of Dragon Force Silver.
With a swift motion, the arrow pierced the night sky and shot straight towards Shane Saint Dragon.
Shane Saint Dragon tried to catch the arrow as he had done 1,000 years ago, but to his surprise, the arrow pierced his palm, broke through his chest, and finally disappeared into the stone wall behind him.
“The Holy Dragon will not recognize an undead who denies his own bloodline as his successor,” Arthur said, staring at Shane the Holy Dragon on the city wall.
He tightened the reins. "Five minutes."
“Albert, come out, or—”
"I'll charge in."
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