CHAPTER 1705: CHAPTER 568: TECHNOLOGY FOR DIPLOMACY

"The ’Eternal Night Aurora’ is also renowned on our Silk Continent. If something happened in our city because of him, and our government institutions were unable to grasp the exact information afterward, then the Tang Zang Empire would have long been ruled by the Divine Beasts." His Highness the Prince smiled confidently: "From the moment I learned of the identity of ’Eternal Night Aurora,’ I had already guessed that you and your entourage would come to our Tang Zang Empire seeking vengeance."

Could that charming monk have recognized me and Elise as godparents because of this reason? Richard couldn’t help but think off on a tangent.

"If that’s the case, then when the Heru City defense force was used as pawns by ’Lishan Gate’ to cross the river, causing unnecessary conflict with me, the Tang Zang officials learned of the whole story afterward. So why did they not hold ’Lishan Gate’ accountable?" Itiao sneered, irritated at the mention of this incident. The giant ballistae of the city defense troops had indeed once left him in a fix.

"Divine Beasts, especially humanoid ones, are akin to a minority group on our Silk Continent. Their identity is similar to that of the Elves and the Giants from Florin. Although few in number, they are considered nationals and registered as legal residents! The city defense forces being utilized by them merely means they took legitimate advantage of loopholes in the constitution. For such matters, the government institutions naturally have no grounds to pursue after the fact because they didn’t violate any regulations! But if they were to wantonly commit evil and create chaos, the government would certainly not spare them." The Tang Zang Prince patted his knees and slowly rose from the jade cushion, politely bowing to Richard and Itiao: "Richard, it’s said, ’In your place, mind your policies.’ As a prince, what I want to say is that if ’Eternal Night Aurora’ was registered with the government and qualified, being appointed to the court should have been a sure thing, and such troubles wouldn’t have arisen!"

Itiao listened on the side, smiling bitterly and shaking his head.

After a long period of wandering and travel, the formerly easy-going nature of the Boh Lang Sha fire crane had been completely worn down; the saying "learn the arts of civil and martial, to trade with the royal family" could be considered an ultimate truth. Now Itiao, by relying on official power, found the opportunity for vengeance and the chance to save his beloved!

If I had realized this truth sooner, why would I have driven myself on a westward journey? Why didn’t I think of such a simple solution back then? Itiao couldn’t help but sigh.

"Your Highness, since you already understand the sequence of events regarding Itiao, if you stand from the position of the Tang Zang government, would you stop us?" Richard tended to think from unusual angles. He thoroughly weighed the words just spoken by the Tang Zang Prince and felt the prince had intentions to poach them, so he quickly redirected the conversation back on track, directly probing the issue.

"I absolutely approve of rescuing people, but the Imprisonment Spell Array laid down by Yun Qin’s philosopher in the past isn’t easily broken. I believe you are well aware of this." The Prince lowered his head in thought for a moment, then looked up at Richard, moonlight shimmering like mercury on his extraordinarily handsome face: "As for waging war against the Divine Beast Association’s ’Lishan Gate,’ I still hope, Richard, you can act with mercy. As the saying goes, ’a smile resolves enmities.’ Insisting on a slaughter would surely lead to a bloody feud! At that time, if other Divine Beast sects on the Silk Continent unite against you, it’s not a situation our government wants to see."

"This time, our main aim is to rescue, with revenge as a secondary goal! Given Itiao’s abilities, the real challenge is only the Imprisonment Spell Array of Yun Qin’s philosopher! As for revenge, I can fairly issue a challenge to this Divine Beast Association for a duel with equal numbers! What do you think, Your Highness?" Richard felt a little embarrassed as soon as he spoke.

Being the highest level mage of the Aegean, bringing along so many elite experts, how is a duel with equal numbers not an obvious plan to crush the weak?

The five human Grand Magic Tutors and several from the Dragon Clan, unaware of this, thought Richard had provoked some strong association and silently prepared their magic to make an impression.

Compared to other masters who were fiddling with their staffs, Master Stefano was more straightforward. He pulled a brilliantly colored, frighteningly fluctuating magic scroll from his sleeve and tossed it to his apprentice, Otigha. The exaggerated Master Pafan from the Ice and Snow Goddess Church produced a snow-white Magic Compass, whose Elemental Fluctuation was very unique. Richard, who possessed the Sequencer Pearl, suddenly turned around, hissing and glaring at the compass engraved with densely packed unique runes; the rhythm of its Elemental Fluctuation was incredibly similar to that of the Sequencer Pearl—solid, profound, and powerful, filled with an intensely hidden destructive feature.

"Richard, what a privilege! This is the gift from Heffis, the Ice and Snow Goddess, the never-before-used artifact of the Church of the Snow Goddess, the ’Blizzard Starfall Disc’!" Pompei Magic Tutor Aymar played with his custom-made badge for storing war golems, chuckled, revealing the name of this artifact to those entirely unaware of the Church of the Snow Goddess.