Chapter 508

After a hearty meal of wine and food, the three of them began to stroll along the streets at night.

In the small town at night, it seemed as if some kind of memorial was being held.

The sky had clearly already darkened, yet the light around the streets was no less for it.

The voices of vendors in scattered clusters nearby, and the residents idling along the roadside, all wore a trace of a smile on their faces.

"Don't be in such a hurry to go back."

"Tonight seems quite lively, and we haven't had a proper look around since arriving at this town."

Lin Cheng took Eclair's hand beside him, and together with Mengmeng they wandered idly through the marketplace.

Fiore Royal Capital, within Wang Gong.

In the quiet night, a light rain began to fall in scattered drops outside Wang Gong.

Compared to the daytime, when Princess Jade was a ruler brimming with dominance.

At this moment, Princess Jade's face was filled with sorrow.

Even Arcadios beside her wore the same expression, as if something major had happened in the Kingdom of Fiore.

"Your Highness, regarding the matter of Chai Xiu stealing the Dragon's Lament from the temple..."

"What should we do? Should we order the Seven Deadly Sins Knights to go retrieve it?"

Arcadios, half-kneeling on the ground, wore a solemn demeanor; under the moonlight, only half his face was visible.

One could see a trace of anxiety spreading through his eyes.

The Dragon's Lament is a staff that houses the wrath of dragons buried by humans.

Within this staff lies an energy sufficient to destroy the heavens and the earth.

And the name Chai Xiu that appeared from Arcadios's mouth was a criminal whom the Kingdom of Fiore had banished on charges several years prior.

After disappearing for several years, Chai Xiu, from some unknown source of information, went to the temple and seized the Dragon's Lament staff.

"We cannot call upon those otherworlders; try not to let them know..."

"The Dragon's Lament staff was originally the final weapon I intended to use as a safeguard against them."

"Now we must take it back. If we cannot take it back, then in the future it will be impossible to unify Ishgar."

A trace of resolve appeared on Princess Jade's face. Although the power of the Seven Deadly Sins Knights was extremely strong,

one could say they were perhaps not inferior even to a giant dragon, yet as the ruler of a nation, she still needed to guard against such a powerful organization.

Even though they served the Kingdom of Fiore.

"But currently... we no longer have any elite troops we can use."

A trace of shame gradually appeared on Arcadios's face, and at this moment he lowered his head, not daring to look at Princess Jade.

The Kingdom of Fiore could not be considered a powerful nation within Ishgar.

Their strength had been deliberately suppressed by the Fapingyi Society; the Fapingyi Society did not allow the kingdom to possess any great power.

And the kingdom, because of the various weapons of the Fapingyi Society, also did not dare to develop too aggressively.

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