It was a young man, he just glanced outside as he passed by the window, he didn't stop, the whole process took less than a second.

However, in this second, Ren was captured.

Although Ren was a few hundred meters away from the airship, the eye of the soul could see clearly, and even penetrated into the opponent's soul, instantly seeing through the details.

"Milton"

Ren was in shock, but he didn't expect to meet someone who thought he had died long ago.

Milton was his teammate on the Longshand Exorcist, the wizard of unknown origins. Later, it was Shadowblade's followers of the evil **** who blew up the underground fortress of the dwarves, triggering the fall of the Silver Star District.

His lover, Albena, was too sad, and his teammates also had a rift with Ren, and finally quit the Demon Slayer team.

Almost two years later, the appearance of the person on the airship is only 60-70% similar to Milton, and even acquaintances may not recognize it.

But Ryan was 100% sure that he was Milton.

A person can change the outer appearance, but cannot change the inner soul characteristics.

When Milton was in Longshande, he declared himself to be a second-level All Souls Wizard, but he was actually a third-level.

A fifth-level wizard who is less than 30 years old is definitely a genius. How can he be willing to be a demon slayer team?

Ryan had long suspected that Milton had a problem, but there was no evidence.

"He appeared on the airship in the floating city of Pallas, could it be from Pallas?"

"Milton claimed to be a graduate of Brewworth College, but traveled thousands of miles to Longshand, and then disappeared mysteriously. He stayed in Longshand for more than a year, and then quietly left, just in time with Pallas The visiting wizards in the floating city are almost the same.”

Wren can almost believe that Milton is the wizard of Pallas.

The series of incidents that happened in Longshande the year before last contained many doubts. The Duke of Redstone also disguised himself as a student and went to the Silver Star Academy. There must be some ulterior motive.

He pricked up his ears, and the Voice of All Things listened carefully to the sound of the airship.

However, aside from the conversations of a few airship pilots, the wizards were not heard, apparently with soundproofing force fields in their rooms.

At this time, Emily noticed Ren's abnormality, looked at the airship, and asked in a low voice, "Ren, what's wrong?"

"Wait when you see Nahaqi, and ask him about the airship by the way, don't seem too concerned." Ren said.

Emily nodded slightly, "Okay."

A group of people rode the phantom warhorse to the fence outside the big tent. They were blocked by several centaur warriors. Emily showed a token and said in centaur language: "I want to see Chief Nahaqi."

Centaur warriors dare not neglect, this token represents the most honorable guest of the tribe, and the status is no less than the high priest of the tribe.

He quickly said respectfully, "Please come with me."

The two dismounted their horses and entered the huge circular tent with thousands of square meters of interior space. In the middle is a hall for praying to the **** of hunting. Dozens of independent rooms surround the hall as the residence of chiefs and priests. .

In a spacious and bright tent, the ground is covered with thick blankets, several pots of open fire in the corners emit heat, and the furs and heads of various prey are hung on all sides. The layout is simple yet majestic.

At the door stood two high-ranking centaur warriors.

Entering the tent, an extremely tall figure greeted him.

Ren had never seen such a tall centaur. Standing up straight, it was two and a half meters from the head to the ground, higher than the extreme warriors.

The muscles of the upper body of his body grow horizontally, and the power it contains seems to explode, as if made of rock; the horse body of the lower body is even stronger, the hooves are like a basin, and the two arms are thicker than the thighs of adults, although There is no weapon in hand, but there is still a strong aura blowing towards him.

This centaur is also unique in appearance, with long cheeks, a high forehead and a broad nose, deep eye sockets, a bushy short beard on the chin and side of the face, and the long black hair at the back of the head is tied into a large braid and wrapped around the neck. A few laps, there is a rough and unique temperament.

His eyes were full of wildness, but also implied wisdom.

Ren's soul eye saw that the centaur chief was extremely powerful, and he had already entered the middle-level of the legendary, equivalent to a thirteenth-level Berserker. He has more than 20 elements, the strength alone is level 8, tenacity and agility are also level 7 or above, the rest are melee elements, and he is a very terrifying legendary warrior.

The centaur chief said in the Orion language: "Your Highness, I didn't expect you to come to Cass in person and didn't go out to greet you. Haqi is really rude."

As he spoke, his front hooves were bent, and his upper body bent down and bowed his head in respect.

Emily raised her hood to reveal her beautiful face, looked at the centaur chief in front of her, and said, "Hazi, I came here suddenly, it's not your fault, don't be too polite."

She raised her hand and let the centaur lightly touch her forehead on the back of her hand.

The body size of the two is several times different, and Emily stood in front of Nahaqi like a child, tall and respectful salute to the low, forming a strong contrast.

Then Haqi looked at Ren and others, and said in surprise, "Is Your Excellency Astan not here?"

"He's staying in Hightok," Emily replied.

"It's a pity, I still want to ask Lord Ashtan some questions about swordsmanship." Nahaqi asked Emily to take a seat on a chair covered with luxurious fur, and glanced at Ren and Galaderos. And Sindara, the imperceptible beating of the eyelids.

As a legendary middle-level warrior, his perception is not weak, and he vaguely feels that the strength of these three people is at least legendary.

"Your Highness, who are these?" Nahaqi asked curiously.

Emily introduced: "He is Ryan"

Before she could finish her words, Nahaqi exclaimed, "Earl Glamorgan" with a surprised and happy expression on his face, "I have long admired the name of His Excellency the Earl, and I heard about the Earl's deeds from my clan, It spread all over the grassland, and I finally saw your Excellency in person."

The centaur chieftain was very enthusiastic, as if he had seen an idol.

However, Ren saw that the soul of the other party turned to light red, the color was very light, and the hostility was not deep, which represented vigilance, at least not as enthusiastic on the surface.

He nodded and said in a low voice: "Then Chief Haqi is too famous. I just happened to follow Emily to Cass to have a look. The Chief will not mind."

"Of course not, this is a great honor for the Druken tribe." Nahaqi shook his head quickly.

Emily then mentioned the names of the two giant dragons, only saying that they were followers, and did not introduce their origins.

Nahaqi also expressed his welcome.

Ren looked at the words and deeds of the centaur chieftain, and thought to himself that such a scheming guy appeared in a grumpy centaur, like a very shrewd human being, which is really rare. In addition to Emily's secret support, Nahaqi's ability is the key to the fact that the Drokken tribe can grow from a small settlement of a few hundred people to Cass with more than 30,000 people within a dozen years.

Nahaqi clapped his hands, and immediately the centaur waitress entered the tent and brought sumptuous food, wine, and fresh fruits and vegetables.

"The conditions on the grassland are poor, please forgive me, Your Highness and the Earl."

After some reception, Emily said about the business, "Then Haqi, I asked Zhuo to come back from Modu in advance and report to you about the dispatch of Congatro. Varogan has always been in contact with you. , he said you want to interview me, now you can talk."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Nahaqi glanced at Ren. Obviously, he knew that Ren was the most critical figure in this expedition to Congatro.

However, Ren was sitting beside Emily without saying a word. If he hadn't known his identity, others would have thought he was just a follower.

Nahaqi said: "The Zhuoken tribe can have today, thanks to His Highness Lai's support, now is the time to repay His Highness. As long as you say a word, the Zhuoken tribe is willing to send 5,000 of the most elite warriors to cross the sea to kill Congat. Luo, but there is a problem right now"

The centaur chief looked embarrassed.

Emily raised her eyebrows, the words of loyalty in the front are just a foreshadowing, the latter is the key point, and the conditions are to be discussed, so she asked, "What is the problem?"

"Pallas Floating City will send people to collect taxes every year." Nahaqi said with a look of anger and dare not speak, and said solemnly: "And their taxes are getting heavier and heavier. Last year, they only needed 100,000 gold shields or the equivalent. This year, the goods suddenly rose to 200,000 gold shields. Our Zhuoken tribe has only more than 30,000 people, and we can't afford it."

"Why did it suddenly rise so much?" Emily was a little puzzled.

Nahaqi shook his head, "I don't know, I have contacted a few large tribes around, and their taxes have also risen sharply."

Ren was also puzzled.

The wealth of the floating city of Pallas is well known in the empire.

After being promoted to the Holy Soul Wizard, the Duke of Red Rock chose Pasila City, which is located in the center of the northern prairie of the empire, as his territory.

The northern steppe is equivalent to four or five provinces, accounting for one-sixth of the entire empire, but there is no clear imperial border.

The Duke of Redstone used his tyrannical strength and iron fist to oppress the entire grassland.

All races living on the steppe, whether centaurs or orcs or orcs, must pay taxes to the Duke of Redstone.

At the same time, there are a large number of mines buried underground around Pallas, gold mines, silver mines, copper mines, grey coal, mithril and pure gold, etc., which have contributed countless wealth.

The Duke of Redstone also monopolized the trade routes between the Empire and the Knights of Brantania and the Orc tribe.

It is a huge sum of money just to collect tolls from caravans every year.

In just a few short decades, the Duke of Redstone has established his own floating city, and his floating city is the largest and the newest among all floating cities. If it weren't for the fact that the construction time was too short and the lack of sufficient background, the Duke of Redstone would have long since become the fourth giant of the empire.

Anyone with a little knowledge in the Empire will not doubt that this day will come sooner or later.

Generally speaking, Pasila Floating City will not press too hard.

Now it is uncharacteristically ~lightnovelpub.net~ to double the tax directly.

It's fine in the short term, but after a long time, it will definitely cause all ethnic groups to rebound. This is tantamount to exhausting the water and fishing. Is Pasila Floating City suddenly short of money?

Ren had too little information to make a judgment.

"His Royal Highness, you came at the right time." Nahaqi said: "I must have seen the airship outside, which came from Pasla Floating City, and asked to hand in 200,000 gold shields. I am raising, It will be ready in two days.”

"But after paying this tax, the clan was hollowed out."

"It's better in summer now. In autumn, the weather turns cold, and the tribesmen will have a hard time in the second half of the year. If there is not enough support, it will be difficult for us to send people to fight with His Royal Highness. ."

That Hachi looked at Emilys eagerly, and almost didn't ask for money directly.