Capítulo 1370: Chapter 1368: The Lord Arrives, Carriage Drifting
Various rumors, naturally, contain exaggerated elents, but there’s no doubt that this Lord is not to be trifled with. Therefore, everyone waited with awe and diligently prepared the city’s entrance ceremony, hoping that when this Lord sees it, he will have a good mood.
Seeing that most of the festive decorations had already been hung up, and the ground was almost cleaned, the gathered officials, power brokers, and wizards relaxed a little and began to talk in low voices.
“Hey, have you heard? Our Lord is nad Charlie, Charlie Austin.”
“You must have misheard. He’s called Richard Austin. He was previously unknown, but just before that great war, he suddenly had an audience with the now-deceased Alliance Emperor. Shortly after the eting, he beca the army’s second-in-command, and after the victorious war, he was granted all of Shalin as his fief.”
“Wow, you are well-inford.”
“Ha, not really. It’s just because I have a friend in Shaya who told all about this.”
“A friend in Shaya? By the way, I heard Shaya has been quite chaotic lately. After the Emperor died, the Prince was assassinated too, right? So, who is the New Emperor now?”
“Well… I’m not sure. I only know that life in Shaya has indeed been tough. My friend said…”
As people continued to discuss, a middle-aged man in a green robe remained calm, turning a deaf ear to everything. Suddenly sensing sothing, he reached into his robe and pulled out a palm-sized diamond-shaped crystal, which flashed red inside.
The green-robed man glanced at it, his expression imdiately beca solemn, and he loudly announced, “My apprentice just sent back a ssage; the Lord’s carriage has already passed through Red Valley Town, so the Lord is about to arrive here.”
“Ah, what!” everyone gasped. A rotund man couldn’t help but exclaim, “Master Colin, this shouldn’t be right. After the Lord’s carriage entered Shalin, there were no good roads to travel on, and its speed was always very slow.
According to our previous calculations, it was supposed to arrive in the afternoon, wasn’t it? How co it’s early? Our entrance ceremony is only half-prepared; how could we present it to the Lord? Did your apprentice perhaps mistake the ssage and send back false information?”
“Impossible,” the green-robed wizard nad Colin firmly denied.
“Then why is the Lord so fast?” The rotund man remained skeptical.
Wizard Colin, without mincing words, said, “You need to understand one thing; our Lord is a wizard, a powerful wizard—so powerful that a second-level wizard like is like a bug in his presence, capable of being killed in a single gesture. And for such a wizard, there is nothing he can’t do.
The carriage can be slow, and it can also be fast. If he wishes, he can even make it fly. Our initial calculation was for the afternoon, but the Lord doesn’t have to follow our plan to the letter; otherwise, he wouldn’t be the Lord, and we wouldn’t be his subjects!”
“…” The rotund man was speechless, while the others anxiously asked, “So what should we do now?”
“Everyone, don’t panic; listen to !” Colin thought for a mont and then said seriously, “The entrance ceremony is half-prepared, so we’ll go with that. As long as we show a respectful attitude, I believe the Lord will not be displeased. Actually, I’ve heard about the Lord’s temperant; he is a very steady and practical person and won’t lose his temper easily, so we don’t need to worry too much.”
“Is that so? Well, okay then.”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then busied themselves, hurriedly putting up the remaining decorations and lining up neatly, looking toward the east.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes…
Ti passed, and just as everyone was eagerly watching, a carriage appeared in sight.
It was a four-wheeled carriage pulled by six horses, moving extrely fast, like a locomotive rushing in.
The six warhorses pulling the carriage were all crimson, as if afla, but upon closer inspection, it was not flas, but wrapped spell energy. This spell energy could stimulate the horses to run faster, replenish their strength, and draw away all body heat, preventing them from collapsing from overheating.
Under the influence of the spells, the horses moved at an astonishing speed, kicking up a storm of dust.
As the dust reached within a ter of the carriage, it automatically bounced away, and the surface of the carriage shimred with constant energy ripples—it was also endowed with special spells, offering protection against weaker attacks and significantly reducing weight—making it seem as though the six horses were pulling a feather, making it impossible for them not to be fast.
Under the watchful eyes of all, the carriage whistled closer and then ca to a sudden halt, with the horses raising their front hooves high and coming to a sharp stop.
However, because of the abrupt stop, the carriage swayed under inertia, slightly tipping to the side and skidding off.
“Screeeech—”
The carriage perford a high-difficulty drift maneuver, seemingly out of control, as the ropes on the horses snapped, and it rolled a few tis with a ‘thud,’ landing upside down on the ground.
For a mont, the place was dead silent.
Everyone: “…” There was a mont of stunned silence, with no one daring to breathe, feeling sowhat dumbfounded.
They had imagined a thousand scenarios, but none expected the new Lord to appear this way.
It must be admitted, this entrance was indeed a bit of an eye-opener, but the ultimate display was sowhat embarrassing… Did the new Lord feel so humiliated that he might just kill everyone present to prevent any leaks and save face?
Thinking this, many in the crowd shivered.
Wizard Colin remained comparatively calm, taking a deep breath and cautiously approaching the overturned carriage, bowing as he inquired, “Lord, are you well? All the officials and so of the people of Shalin who admire you are here to welco your arrival. Might we invite you to et them? We’ve prepared an entrance ceremony, although due to the rush, it’s sowhat incomplete. We still dare to ask you to take a look.”
Inside the carriage: “…” Silence, a long silence.
After tens of seconds in silence, just as so people began to speculate whether the Lord had been fatally injured in the “carriage accident,” a voice finally ca out, curiously asking, “Hey, do you really want to co out that much? So… what if I don’t co out, what can you do to ?”
“Huh?” Colin’s face froze upon hearing this, directly stunned.
Everyone was stunned too.
Hmm?
Colin: “???”
Everyone: “???”
Is this really the Lord? What the heck?
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