Ten o'clock at night.

The hustle and bustle of the day gradually faded away. After a busy day, Rosen sat in the government study that originally belonged to the Duke, stretching lazily.

Thanks to Reid's meticulous renovation, this study is very, very safe. It is simply the safest place except for the Dawn Garden in the backyard.

It is not only safe but also very secretive. As soon as the door is closed, the entire room will automatically activate a four-ring strength arcane wall, isolating the inside and outside of the study very well.

Unless the peeper possesses the power of the five rings and observes closely, he will not be able to see the secrets in the study.

At present, Rosen is the only wizard above the fifth ring in the castle's meeting area, so it is almost like having perfect privacy.

"Click~~"

The door was pushed open, and An Lin, the new chief steward of Dawn Castle, the eldest son of Afu, the old steward of Crescent Castle on White Sturgeon Island, arrived with the envoys of the Glorious Empire.

Just one person came.

He is a fourth-ring peak mage, and he came empty-handed. It seems that he wants to discuss something confidential with me that cannot be easily written on paper.

Rosen had already read the information submitted by the other party and naturally knew the other party's name.

After a busy whole day, dealing with various issues and choices concerning Weilan's future at a high intensity all the time, even though this clone was extremely strong, he felt a little tired.

At this time, he lazily leaned back on the newly replaced dragon lizard leather chair, and after the other party closed the door, he spoke in a lazy tone.

"Ms. Irene, Weilan and the Glorious Empire are separated by countless mountains and endless oceans. I am really surprised that you have come here so early."

There is Aaron between Weilan and the Glorious Empire, so there is no direct conflict of interest and almost no exchange of interests between the two sides, so Rosen's attitude is somewhat casual.

Irene frowned. "Your Excellency the Duke, I am representing Her Majesty the Queen at this moment. Even when Her Majesty Dange sees me, he always maintains sufficient respect."

Rosen thought to himself: "As expected of an envoy from a great country, he is quite arrogant."

He pointed to the chairs placed by the wall and said, "Lady, please sit down."

"There's no one else here, so just be casual and let me rest for a while. Madam, there's no need to be tense until late at night, right?"

That's true.

Irene sat down on the chair and said, "Duke, my purpose is very clear. I just want to obtain some magic results from you."

Rosen smiled and said, "What's the price?"

"Help you delay Aaron as much as possible and delay the Lion Fleet's crossing of the strait."

After a pause, she said, "As far as I know, the Lion Fifth Fleet and the Lion Fourth Fleet, a total of 60 Thunder Warships are already preparing for battle."

"These include 15 Black Stone warships. Although they are not yet combat-ready, it won't be long before they become combat-ready."

"The Duke should know about this, right?"

"Of course I do."

Aaron has many interests in the Storm Ocean northwest of the Witt Continent, so he maintains about two-thirds of the navy.

But obviously, the loss of interests after losing Weilan would be greater, so they planned to give up some interests in the Storm Ocean to regain Weilan.

As for the interests of the Storm Ocean, they will of course be left to the Glorious Empire.

Rosen tapped the table with his fingers. "His Majesty Danger is a shrewd man. He knows very well that even if he defeats the Weilan fleet at sea, he can't defeat me on land."

"After all, there is a strait between us."

On one hand, they were fighting on their homeland to resist foreign enemies, while on the other hand, they were invaded across the strait.

Apart from anything else, Aaron's army supplies were greatly limited.

Irene smiled faintly.

"Your Majesty Dange is certainly not stupid, but a large number of nobles in Aaron whose interests have been harmed by you are jumping up and down anxiously."

"They just want to fight you now, even if it's just to get some war reparations back."

Individuals may be rational, but the collective will of a kingdom may not be.

But these were things Rosen already knew, and he didn't want to waste time on this known information, so he asked, "What does the lady want to know?"

"The core power components of the Black Stone battleship do not require detailed structures. We only need to know some basic principles."

Rosen laughed: "Ms. Irene, you have a very sharp eye. You picked out the best thing I have at first sight."

"Why, you don't like my plane?"

"An airplane. It's a flying magic weapon, right? Of course, it's also very good, but it should be quite difficult to produce this kind of airplane, and we probably already know its principle."

Hearing this, Rosen's heart moved slightly, and he estimated that the Glorious Empire must also have aircraft, and the performance was not much different from his Roarer.

The scale is naturally far beyond that.

I suddenly felt a deep emotion in my heart: "The Glorious Queen is really a daughter of heaven."

If he could control the Glorious Empire, he would definitely be able to build a star destroyer within thirty years.

Unfortunately, there is no if in the world, and he is currently just the owner of a "big plantation" island.

He smiled and said, "Ms. Irene, even without Her Majesty the Queen's restraint, I may still be able to defeat the Lion Fleet at sea. Therefore, your proposal is not worth the huge price I have to pay."

Irene didn't expect to succeed in one try, so she asked directly, "Why don't you tell me your conditions, Your Highness?"

During the entire conversation, she had been carefully observing the young duke, paying particular attention to his aura of power.

This is a task specially assigned by the Queen, and it is even the first task.

The purpose is to find out how many levels of magic power this duke possesses.

The Queen did not believe in rumors, she only believed in what she had seen with her own eyes.

Of course, Irene herself had no ability to detect it, but she secretly carried a detection device made by the Queen.

This detection device is very powerful, but it cannot detect independently. It must be activated using the power of light contained in the glorious bloodline.

So she did it carefully.

Perhaps the young duke opposite was indeed tired, and looked quite exhausted, which even made Irene feel that she could defeat him.

Of course, the other party was at least a sage, and it was said that he had very powerful fighting ability, so she wisely gave up the noble idea of ​​exchanging her life for the country's salvation.

On the other side, Rosen vaguely felt a very strange feeling of being spied on, but for a moment he could not determine where the source of the spying was.

The only thing he was sure of was that the power used by the Peeper was of a very high order level, much higher than the level 10 sage power, and it was not the power of nature and the power of steel that he was familiar with.

After eliminating these possibilities and combining them with the current situation, he was able to determine the source of the snooping.

'You actually used a magical instrument to spy on me. Should I notice it or pretend I don't know?'

After quick thinking, Rosen discovered that the other party had arranged a strategy similar to an open conspiracy.

If he showed awareness, it meant he had at least seven rings of magic power.

Because the power used by the opponent is very secretive, only those with a sensitivity of seven rings or above can sense that they are being spied on.

If you pretend not to know, you will be detected by the opponent's magic weapon.

But he didn't know the specific function of the magic weapon. If it was very powerful, it might be able to directly discover his secret.

"This strategy must have been thought up by the Glorious Queen. I really underestimated her."

Of course it is to be revealed directly, because revealing it will only expose the seventh ring of magic power. If it is not revealed, all the secrets may be exposed.

Then, his eyes suddenly widened, and he raised his hand and used the simplest first-level Arcane Shock at Irene.

The key to a spell is not its strength, but its speed.

"Pah~~Buzz~~"

The induced defense magic weapon on Irene was activated, covering her with a layer of golden glass-like light shield, the strength of which was as high as six rings.

She herself jumped in shock and looked at Rosen with a wary look.

"Your Excellency the Duke, what are you doing?"

After luring out the defensive magic weapon, Rosen's mind shook again, and he took out his Vulcan gun from under the desk, pointing the black muzzle directly at Irene.

"Ma'am, remove the magic weapon, or I'll let you have a taste of this good stuff!"

"Your Excellency the Duke!"

Irene looked shocked, but if you listened carefully you could hear a hint of guilt.

Rosen sneered: "You know why I do this."

"If you come here with good intentions, I will naturally treat you with good intentions, but if you have bad intentions, don't blame me for being rude!"

Irene had nothing to say and obediently removed the defensive light shield.

Rosen pointed the Vulcan gun firmly at the other party, and looked at the tight vest, breeches and white windbreaker with gold edges on the other party: "Take off the windbreaker, and shake it over."

Irene did as she was told.

Naturally, nothing came out.

"Jacket."

Irene pursed her lips but did as she was told.

The result is still nothing.

"Pants! Or you can take them out yourself, don't force me to do it myself!"

Irene hesitated: "Can I use my windbreaker to cover it?"

"No, I'm not sure if you have any deadly weapons hidden. Your hands must not be out of my sight!"

Irene had no choice, she didn't dare to test the other party's bottom line.

Finally, in front of Rosen, she took out a cylindrical magic weapon with a diameter of about 3 cm and a length of 7 cm from some indescribable place.

She asked, "So, you have at least seven rings of mana, right?"

Rosen sneered: "Now that you know, you should be more cautious!"

"Clean it up and throw it to me."

Soon, the magic weapon came into Rosen's hands. Seeing that the other party wanted to put on clothes, he immediately stopped him!

"Stand still!"

He was not sure whether the other party had other magical weapons hidden on him.

Irene gritted her teeth and could only continue to stand there in an undignified manner.

On the other side, Rosen carefully examined the magic weapon in his hand.

He discovered that it was a completely unfamiliar magical weapon, which was almost completely beyond his knowledge blind spots.

For a moment he couldn't figure out the function of this thing.

After checking it over and over again for a long time, I finally understood the principle.

"Oh~ So it's a glorious magical weapon."

A magical instrument of light, which is specifically used to drive the power of light, was also called a divine instrument of light in ancient times.

Just like steel magic weapons, one needs to have a sufficient concentration of glorious blood and must know the corresponding secret method to activate the power of glory.

From a preliminary observation, the Order Level of the Power of Glory should have reached Level 6, which is higher than the Level 7 Power of Steel and the Level 8 Natural Divine Power, and is also much higher than the Level 10 Sage Power discovered by Rosen.

An extremely high level of order has two major advantages.

One is a wider range of uses. The other is a more sophisticated spell.

Rosen had never come into direct contact with the power of light, but he was very interested in this high-order level of power.

It is also entirely conceivable that if it can be studied thoroughly, it will definitely lead to huge applications in magic.

At the very least, it would greatly accelerate his plan, and at worst, it would rewrite Weilan's fate.

Just like the super-tempered material of Steel Force and the powerful healing effects of Nature Force.

Furthermore, in terms of personal cultivation, the Glorious Queen is his biggest opponent, and understanding the opponent's strength is also the first priority.

Obviously, Ms. Irene, who comes from a glorious royal family, is an excellent research target.

But the other party will definitely not cooperate, and will even try every means to stop his research.

So, how can we study its power quietly without alerting the other party?

Rosen's mind was racing.

On the other side, Irene certainly didn't know what Rosen was thinking. She showed a hint of surprise on her face: "The Duke is really knowledgeable. He can actually see the purpose of the magic weapon."

"But this magic weapon is of little use to the Duke. Please return it to me."

"For this presumptuous snooping, our country will also give appropriate compensation."

Rosen remained noncommittal as he looked at the glorious envoy with his heart bared before him. An idea suddenly occurred to him.

"I can return this thing to you. As for compensation, I do have a small request."

"What do you want?"

Rosen's eyes moved around Irene: "I like to conquer beautiful women, and the lady happens to be a beauty."

"If you can grant me my wish, Madam, I will not only return it to you, but I will also give you an additional copy of the magic information."

As he spoke, Rosen's face showed a strong "dissolute" look.

Irene was horrified when she heard this. She picked up the clothes on the ground and put them on carelessly, regardless of Rosen's previous warning.

"Your Excellency the Duke, I will pretend that I didn't hear what you just said. Please organize your words and say it again!"

As an envoy, she represents the Glorious Queen.

Even Dange didn't dare to be so rude to her. This little Duke of Weilan, who hasn't even secured his position yet, is so dissolute. It's simply... simply vulgar!

There are rumors that the new Duke likes beauties. She has always thought it was a slander by her political enemies, but now she sees that it is not only not a slander, but also a glorification.

This duke, who was born a small baron, is both vulgar and arrogant! (End of this chapter)