Chapter 834 – Black Flame Aero
Chapter 834: Black Flame Aero
Receiving the emperor of a neighboring country was a very troublesome matter.
Even if this sorcerer emperor didn’t care about red tape, there were some process things that had to be followed.
Xander also had the rare opportunity to wear the full Emperor of the Neverwinter Nights Empire attire, wearing all kinds of jewels, and most importantly, a golden crown studded with rubies on his head. In his hand, he held a ruby gold scepter with a fist-sized inlay of the same color at the top.
The gold represented the majesty of the Neverwinter Nights Imperial Family, while the rubies represented the Red Sea Tree.
It was the responsibility of Neverwinter Nights and the pride of Neverwinter Nights.
Xander looked at himself in the mirror, and even though he clearly knew that he was just a temporary puppet, he couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of pride rise at this moment.
“One day, I will be able to give this scepter true power!”
Now that he thought about it, Saul’s plan was very risky, but it was a real solution to his awkward situation.
Otherwise, even if he regained his power with the help of his heir, his essence would still just be a mobile blood bank. The Eternal Night and the Court of Judgment wouldn’t really take him seriously at all.
“Your Majesty, His Majesty, the Black Flame Emperor has already headed to the Eternal Night Star Palace.” The tall and mighty guard bowed beside him.
Xander, who had already been emperor for a few years, naturally knew what the guards meant.
“Go.”
Xander took one last look at the mirror before taking his scepter and walking out of the lounge with his head held high.
Walking through a long corridor, Xander made his way to the parlor where he had met with Emperor Blackflame.
The entire hall was gilded and extremely luxurious, from the roof to the carpet.
But Xander knew that when the Emperor of the Black Flame Empire left, this place would return to its original spacious but nothing appearance.
Xander had just followed the attendant’s instructions and sat down on the throne in the center when he saw the double doors on the side being pushed open.
However, out of Xander’s expectation, the person who pushed the doors open was the Black Flame Emperor himself – Sorcerer Aero!
Unlike Xander who was dressed in all his splendor, the Emperor Ai Luo on the opposite side was only wearing a simple black dress with dark flowers.
Even the crown on his head was strange, like a ring of thorns making a garland.
It was just that this wreath was much more hideous than the wreath made of flowers.
It looked like it didn’t care about comfort in the slightest, and if it was worn by an ordinary person, I’m afraid that the thorn thorns on the crown would be stuck into the flesh!
However, compared to Emperor Blackflame’s simple attire, the other party’s demeanor was one that carried its own sense of condescending scrutiny.
He looked up at Xander with no emotion in his eyes, but his gaze pierced Xander’s skin like a sharp arrow.
Xander was obviously sitting on the high throne, but at this moment, he had the feeling of being looked down upon by the other party.
This Black Flame Emperor was followed by only one attendant.
The attendant was also all in black, without any jewelry on his body, and looked thin and small, not as tall as Xander. The other party had been hanging his head low, very inconspicuous.
But Xander had long been specially reminded of this.
This inconspicuous servant with little presence was actually also a third-order sorcerer.
Seeing the Black Flame Emperor approaching, Xander stood up from his seat.
At the servant’s prompting, the two emperors greeted each other. The attendants on both sides also saluted each other’s emperors.
The third-ranked “attendant” that Emperor Blackflame had brought with him saluted Xander without any temperament.
This made Xander feel slightly satisfied in his heart.
However, before the balloon of pride in his heart could take off, it was punctured by the next sentence of the Black Flame Emperor.
“Alright, now that you’ve also met your emperor. Take me to see Flim. Don’t tell me he doesn’t have time right now. Then I’ll personally go to the Lost Cloisters to find him!”
The attendant behind Xander immediately responded with a smile, “Lord Frim Court is also waiting for you. We have prepared the passage for you.”
Emperor Blackflame nodded lightly and turned back to the attendant behind him, “Let’s go.”
After the simplest of meet and greets, Xander was surprisingly completely ignored!
“Please wait!” Xander suddenly said in a loud voice. The balloon of pride in his heart that had just been punctured fell into pieces and whistled on his throat, making it difficult for him to inhale.
Before the Black Flame Emperor left, Xander finally shouted out.
The Black Flame Emperor Aello finally looked at Xander for a second time, “Is there something wrong?”
Facing a fourth rank sorcerer, Xander gathered his courage, “The two countries haven’t exchanged meeting gifts yet.”
Ai Luo waved his hand, “There’s no need to be so troublesome, it’s fine when the thought arrives.”
But where are your thoughts?
Xander resisted the urge to spit, and continued quickly, “I ask for an exchange of meet and greet gifts, and I also ask Emperor Blackflame to honor the agreement between the two countries, especially the agreement with Eternal Night III!”
Ai Luo didn’t want to talk to Xander at all, but after hearing the other party mention the Eternal Night III, he finally remembered that he had a promise.
“Fine. Since you want it so much ……” Aello raised his hand and broke off a golden thorn from the crown of thorns, no more than the length of a small thumb, and it looked like it could be exchanged for a slight amount of money.
He tossed the golden thorn out of his hand casually and it landed impartially in Xander’s palm.
“Well, your gift will just be placed on my airship, and I will take it with me when I say goodbye.” After saying that, Black Flame’s Emperor left the Eternal Night Palace without looking back.
As the Emperor of the Black Flame left, the others in the Eternal Night Palace gradually followed suit and left, or went to deal with other things.
In the end, surprisingly, only Xander was left, sitting alone on the high imperial throne.
He looked at the empty palace in front of him, tightly clutching the golden thorn in his hand until his palm was pierced with blood.
After a few moments, he walked back to that tiny sitting room in the corner of the palace alone.
Taking off the gorgeous decorations on his body, he wiped off the lead powder on his face, threw away his crown and scepter, and only held the golden thorns that Emperor Blackflame had thrown to him as a gift in his hand.
Waiting until the anger that filled his heart had calmed down a bit, Xander shook the golden bell next to his bed.
After a few moments, one of the attendants knocked on the door of the room outside.
“Your Majesty, what are your orders?”
“Bring in Sorcerer Sol!”
“…… Your Majesty, Sorcerer Saul is probably with Sorcerer Alfonso right now to greet Emperor Blackflame. I’m afraid he doesn’t have time to come over right now.”
“Wow!” Inside the room, Xander swept all the ornaments on the table to the floor.
But contrary to this rude action, his expression was unusually calm.
No one outside the room spoke.
After a few more moments, Xander said, “Then we’ll invite Sorcerer Saul over when he’s not busy.”
“As you wish, Your Majesty.”
“Stand down.” Xander said feebly.
“As you wish, Your Majesty.”
The footsteps faded away.
Xander sat on his large, soft bed, following Saul’s example and playing with the golden thorns the Emperor of the Black Flame had given him in his fingertips.
Although his previous anger was more or less staged, upon seeing everyone leave, leaving him with only an empty palace, even though he had prepared himself mentally, Xander still felt an uncontrollable anger, as well as an extreme desire for strength, and power!
While Xander was savoring the humiliation alone, Saul was somewhat reluctantly led by Alfonso to meet the Emperor of Black Flame.
“What am I being asked to do?” Saul asked Alfonso in a low voice, “My experiment has reached a critical point.”
(End of chapter)