The Golden Throne - Chapter 267

After Damian convinced Liu Feng to come to the border to have that talk with the king of Derail, Liu Feng agreed to George, and said that he would come with George to the meet. George was elated, and he dragged Liu Feng to a caravan to go there immediately.

Liu Feng had no other choice but to put aside all the plans that he had been working on for the past few days, and started his journey towards the north border with Derail.

What he did not know was that the north of Aegon was practically a wasteland. It was the least populated place of the entire kingdom.

“Damn it. I thought that I could visit a few villages on the way, and see what was going on. Whether they heard rumors of me getting that power, and whether they knew who was the new king. I completely forgot that this place is a wasteland. I need to take up my geography books once more and familiarize myself with all of this.” Liu Feng made a note to himself.

After an entire day of travel, Liu Feng was exhausted. But they had arrived where they needed to.

They were at this encampment, and a lot of soldiers were walking around, guarding what seemed to be nothing at all. But Liu Feng noticed a disparity between the uniforms that the soldiers were wearing. He knew that the ones wearing black were his own men, and the ones wearing green were the others.

“This must be the meeting point. I wonder what Derail hopes to achieve by stationing so many troupes here of all places. This is literally the worst place to be even if you want to invade Aegon. You don’t get anything at all if you succeed, and you will also alert the main kingdom about the invasion.” Liu Feng chuckled as he thought to himself.

He then walked out of the carriage. He had a habit of sleeping through the journey, so although he was tired, he was still ready to meet the important officials and go on with the formalities.

Behind him, George also got off of the carriage. The moment that George got off, all of the soldiers recognized him, and greeted him.

“Sir!” a lot of the soldiers saluted.

“You are greeting me, but not your king? Preposterous!” George shouted.

The faces of all the soldiers changed. They immediately knelt down in front of Liu Feng.

“We greet His Majesty. We hope that His Majesty will forgive us for this offense!” they shouted.

“Calm down. I know that it will take time for all of you to recognize who I am.” Liu Feng sighed.

He started walking towards one of the camps, when George stopped him.

“I shall show you to your tent.” he said.

“Fine. I am tired, and I need to just freshen myself up before I can attempt anything at all.” Liui Feng said.

George nodded as they walked towards the main tents, where all of the superior officers were located.

“I was unable to talk to you about the situation in detail because you were sleeping for the majority of the time. But now that you are awake, I shall brief you. The king of Derail, Yurian White, is not an ordinary man. He is one of the most ruthless people that there was, and him being the king of Derail was nothing but a bane for the people there. But the only reason that he is still the king is only that he was supported by the church. So I suggest that you approach him with some apprehension.” George said.

“He was supported by the church? What are you talking about? I came here because that crown prince said that he wanted to take the church down.” Liu Feng asked, irritated.

“There are always shifting allegiances. The problem with being supported by the church is that that they might change whoever is on the throne in a whim. There are only four countries around Jerusalem, and Derail is by far the biggest. The church having an ambition over controlling Derail is very, very much possible.” George explained.

“I see. Then this king wants to use my help to take down the church and keep his power. That is comforting to know. We will have the upper hand in all of the negotiations, and we do not need to back down. But I only want to do one thing, and that is to visit that huge hall and that golden throne at least once before all of this takes place. It is such a mysterious thing, and I just cannot help myself. Especially when certain people refuse to talk about it.” Liu Feng smiled.

What else could he be referencing other than the fact that the spirits refused to tell him what the golden throne signified, and what it did? Liu Feng wanted to visit that place so badly, but he just couldn’t.

“As you wish, Your Majesty. But will we agree to this deal? Again, the army has already been in a war very recently, and another attack is not what they want. There will be some unrest.” George said.

“Don’t worry about that. I did not say anything about us joining them on the ground. We shall be weapon suppliers.” Liu Feng smiled.

“Weapon suppliers? But Your Majesty! Giving our enemies the guns is nothing short of a death sentence. The moment that you hand it to them, they will attempt to double cross you.” George cried out.

“I have ways to ensure that that doesn’t happen. Anyways, it is time to meet them, if I am not wrong? It is the morning after all, and the king has been waiting for a long time, as far as I know. Did the crown prince of Derail come as well? Or is he still in the capital?” Liu Feng asked.

“He is still in the capital, Your Majesty. He had arrived for another issue, and they are going to every church in the kingdom to do something.” George said.

“That again. I swear, I will take that church and nail it to a wall. Why did you not tell me this when we were leaving? They dare touch my kingdom, and then they try and undermine my authority? Give the guard orders to detail the entire troupe inside the dungeons. I strictly told them that they cannot touch any of the churches.” Liu Feng said with anger.

“Yes, Your Majesty. I shall send a messenger to travel them immediately!” George said.

“No. That will be too late. They will have sown discord already. Use a mana device. I want this done immediately.” Liu Feng barked.

George wanted to say something, but he hesitated, and then continued to do what Liu Feng told him to do. After that was done, he nodded back.

Liu Feng then looked at the border itself. With a lot of people patrolling a barbed fence, it was quite clear that no one wanted any of the other side to enter.

“Where will this meeting take place? Since they want our help, make sure that they are the people who will concede to a gesture.” Liu Feng said.

“We shall arrange for them to come to a tent here, Your Majesty.” George nodded.

George took Liu Feng to a tent that was quite spacious.

“We shall bring them here, Your Majesty. What will you require for you to freshen up?” George asked.

“I will handle myself. Just go and call them here. I am too tired to bother freshening up for some guy that I have never met before.” Liu Feng said as he sat at the head of the table that was laid there.

“These tables are really convenient for all these meetings that I am getting. I am glad that they brought one here as well.” Liu Feng commented.

He then looked at the entrance of the tent. His head was racing with thoughts, and one of them was more prominently more than the others.

“When will the airplane be completed? I need to go to Salem after this, and I have no idea how I will get the material for the airplane. Making that alloy will need a lot of testing, and I do not have the time to start a trial and error process. And to start making carbon fibre is such a hassle to do on my own. This is the problem when you are the only one who has all of the knowledge.” Liu Feng sighed.

It seemed that he was lost in thought for quite a bit of time, because George entered the tent once more.

“Your Majesty. The king of Derail is here. Should I bring him in?” George asked.

“Yeah, go ahead. I want to see how terrifying this man actually is.” Liu Feng smiled.

“I warn you, Your Majesty. Whatever you do, please do not smile.” George said with a serious tone as he held the tent drapes wide open.

Liu Feng looked curiously at who was coming in. There was a shadow, and then a man entered.

Pppft!

A puff of laughter almost escaped Liu Feng’s mouth.

“This is the terrifying king of Derail?” he could not help but exclaim to himself.

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