C145 Emperor's City Ball

The winter in the imperial capital is not cold, and the imperial capital in the Three River Plains has a natural regulating mechanism. . . The seasons were warm as spring all year round, especially now that winter was about to end. Spring was much warmer than before. And the day that the Empire's princess Avril was going to marry was about to arrive, which raised the temperature of the Imperial Capital by several degrees. Some people began to doubt whether it was already the turn of spring and summer.

There were still seven days before Avril's official marriage, and it was on the sixth day of the New Year. And today was the last day before the end of winter, and it was the day where the new and old years alternated. Therefore, almost every place in the Imperial Capital that did not have war was celebrating the arrival of the New Year, and the nobles inevitably held various parties to celebrate. It was also a warm-up for the various nobles from all over Haitian who had rushed over to attend the princess's wedding.

In these big and small balls, the ball held by the Duke of Fernon Wilma to celebrate the New Year was the grandest one. Any noble who had the slightest ability in the Imperial Capital would drop their heads to get an invitation to the ball, because this ball was hosted by Duke Fulner, who was in charge of the Empire's Northern Army Corps. Those who were present were definitely powerful figures within the empire!

Of course, His Highness Second Prince, Princess Avril, and Count Spark of Augden family, who seemed to have the potential to become an emperor, also had to be present. Tianchen pretended to be excited or impulsive and came to the ball. Tianchen, who was drinking alone in the corner, was indeed shocked by Kaselin's plan. At the same time, he felt that this was the only practical way to bring Avril out of the capital. Although this plan seemed to be a little too risky, under the encouragement of the more excited Kaselin, Tianchen still decided to act according to the plan!

Very quickly, Tianchen turned his eyes to a mysterious man who had just arrived. This mysterious man was wearing a black cloak on such a grand ball, completely covering his face and body. Anyone would suspect if this man had any bad taste or bad intentions.

However, Tianchen soon found out from the discussions of the surrounding nobles. This mysterious person was one of the two Archmage that Second Prince, Jonard, had gathered from the people. Moreover, he was the one who had not been famous before. In the discussion of the nobles, it seemed that this Archmage, who only knew the name of Bruce, had never taken off his cloak. Many people were surprised by his mysterious identity, but because of his identity and the fact that he had joined Second Prince, they did not dare make fun of him.

Tianchen was also very interested in Bruce. Which Archmage among the people didn't announce his name to the continent? However, this person didn't have any records before. He had never even shown Archmage's Guild Certificate, but no one doubted his strength. More than a month ago, a rebellion occurred in a small city that was very close to the Imperial Capital. Thousands of rebels attacked the Imperial Capital, which had sent most of the defensive forces to another flat city. The interior of the city was empty, and it was right below the Imperial Capital. Archmage of Bruce used a compound magic that he had never heard of before. A magic that was like a space storm ravaged the thousands of rebels. It directly tore the rebels into pieces.

At that time, countless residents in the capital were shocked by this terrifying scene! Following that, they all vomited on the spot, and many people were unable to eat meat for the next few days. It could be seen that the miserable state at that time was extremely horrifying. From then on, no one dared to doubt the strength of this Archmage who appeared out of nowhere! They were even afraid of him. Many of the nobles who were very familiar with the political scene did not dare to befriend him. It was obvious.

However, Tianchen had a vague feeling that this person was familiar to Bruce. Although it was vague, at least his sudden vigilance and disgust towards this person still made Tianchen pay more attention to this person.

As if he had sensed Tianchen's gaze, the cloak that almost covered his eyes turned in Tianchen's direction for a moment. A feeling of fear immediately filled Tianchen's heart, causing his vigilance towards this mysterious person to increase by several steps!

However, the mysterious person did not seem to be interested in Tianchen. The cloak turned back again, and that feeling of fear disappeared in Tianchen's heart. Only then did he realize that his back was covered in sweat. He fiercely drank a mouthful of strong liquor before Tianchen recovered.

This man was very strong! Very powerful!

The only feeling Tianchen had when facing Bruce was that he felt very powerful. It was unbelievable. This was definitely not a feeling that an ordinary Archmage could give him. Although he didn't let the Consciousness Controlling Aura hit this man's Spiritual Strength, Tianchen had at least come to the conclusion that he was no match for this man. This was really not a level that a human could reach. Could it be. . .

Tianchen couldn't help but be shocked by his own idea. Could this man have hidden his true strength? In fact, he had already reached the Saint realm that no human could break through in thousands of years? Saint Devil Mentor? Could it be that someone had already broken through to the Divine Level level?

What worried Tianchen the most was that this person was actually a subordinate of Second Prince, Jonard. If such a powerful expert was really willing to do his best to help Jonard, then the other two major powers would have already been eliminated in the foreseeable future. And his Zhonghua City might not be able to withstand the powerful magic of the Saint Devil Mentor. Although he still had a lot of trump cards, he could only barely hold on.

Tianchen could not help but rethink the shocking plan that Kaselin had proposed. If this mysterious person was really the Saint Devil Mentor, then Kaselin's plan seemed to have a much higher chance of success compared to his plan of directly snatching people away.

Just as Tianchen was thinking, there was a commotion at the entrance of the ball venue. It seemed that another big shot was coming. Looking at the human heads moving in the venue, it seemed that one of the main characters of this ball was coming, right?

Sure enough, after a loud announcement, Count Spark of Augden family walked into the hall with a smile. He received the warm applause and screams of countless noble girls.

However, the one who welcomed him in was. . . He was a noble general who was close to 60 years old but was still old and strong.

With Spark's arrival, Duke Freon also announced the official start of the ball. The nobles at the scene also began to slowly invite the ladies to dance on the dance floor, and the heat of the dance gradually began to rise. However, the most important thing was that Princess Avril was still a member of the royal family. She would probably only come with Second Prince in the middle. Therefore, Tianchen was not in a hurry to continue drinking. To be honest, This duke was much more generous than his Zhonghua City. The wine in the ball could be considered the best in Kaya Continent. Although it was a bit worse than the things on Earth, a few special fruit wines were still pretty good. Tianchen wanted to announce that he would never have the chance to come to this kind of ball again in the future, so he tried his best to close it. In any case, his family seemed to have the tradition of drunkards, and his father was like this. Tianchen himself was the same. Drinking was like drinking water.

"I say, my lord, you are always drinking like this. Be careful that you won't be able to handle it when you get drunk later!" Kaselin had already sat beside Tianchen and reminded him.

Tianchen smiled slightly. Why did this witch love wearing men's clothing? She came to such a dance in men's clothing. Although it was not the formal attire of a noble, it was still the usual casual type. However, it was also because of this that the male nobles in the venue did not notice him. Otherwise, if a noble who came out of nowhere was actually staying with Princess Herlan of the East Sea, it would be impossible for him not to attract the attention of others. Today, Tianchen's mission was. . .

"Why did Princess Kaselin come in a male outfit? I'm afraid that the men present will notice that you are not here. I'm afraid that the dance this time will lose a lot of color! " Tianchen complimented her with a bow. He had to serve this witch well, otherwise he would have to suffer along the way.

"Hehe, Sir Tianchen sure knows how to talk. No wonder Avril's sister was also deceived by you. She actually gave up the opportunity to marry into the Golden family and wanted to run away with you. I really don't know how the nobles who know the truth will take revenge on you after today!" Kaselin chuckled lightly and then began to tease Tianchen in a low voice.

Tianchen did not mind. All the troubles in the future were already within his consideration. If he didn't have a way to deal with it, he wouldn't have taken the risk to come to the Imperial Capital. Furthermore, what Spark had done in Zhonghua City had already proved that he wasn't a good person to entrust his life to. Tianchen wouldn't be foolish enough to think that Avril would like this treacherous fellow after hearing the announcement of the prince. Even if it wasn't for that western private letter, Tianchen would still have made a trip to the Imperial Capital. No matter what, the previous emperor had treated his father and son well. He couldn't let her daughter enter the tiger's den, right?

"It seems that the princess's conjecture will be realized soon. The nobles really like to watch a show! Then why don't we put on a show for them to see? " Tianchen stood up and said to Kaselin with a nod.

Kaselin stood up gracefully and said, "As you wish, I believe my acting talent should be satisfactory to you, sir!"

Following the progress of the ball, two announcements resounded throughout the entire venue. Second Prince, Jonard, and Princess Avril arrived together, shaking the entire audience. Jonard and Avril came to the center of the venue to greet the nobles one by one. Spark, under the envious and jealous gazes of the crowd, arrived in front of Avril early in the morning. He attentively acted like a good man, as if announcing that he already had the beauty in front of him. Unfortunately, Avril did not like his attitude. Anyone could tell that there was a huge problem with this. However, no one doubted that there would be any changes in the marriage between the Augden family and the Imperial Family. It seemed that no one could shake the power of both parties.

"Avril, you are here! I have been waiting for you for a long time. I have always wanted to invite you to dance. I hope that today. . . "

"Can you wait for a while? I'm very tired right now. I hope I can rest for a while! " Avril said tiredly.

"Of course. The Imperial Palace is indeed a little tired after coming here. Then you should rest first. I think the dance will not be short of you!" Spark did not seem to understand the rejection in Avril's words and said with a smile.

Just as everyone was watching Avril leave Spark's range and head towards the other noble ladies, the crowd was suddenly shocked.

They saw an unfamiliar noble holding a wicked dagger on Princess Avril's tender white neck. Everyone was shocked by this change. Cries of surprise kept coming, but the evil man said with an evil smile, "Everyone, rob!"