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"In front of us is a huge statue, dressed in a yellow robe with runes engraved on it. It is he who has ordered the collection of civilization materials from all over the country to be kept in this royal library for the children of the royal family to learn." This emperor has done quite a bit, but unfortunately, he left the book in the tall building so that no one else could see it, and gave it to his descendants to learn.

No matter what, the protection of civilization for the Emperor is worthy of respect. An old man came down from upstairs and asked him with a smile, "Kid, are you a kid from the Roland family?" Werther smiled sweetly. "Yes, old grandpa, I'm here to read a book."

The old man pointed upstairs, "The book is on top of this floor. This library has a total of seven floors, the first floor is the miscellaneous information from the continent, the second floor is the books related to alchemy, the third and fourth floors are the books related to magic, the fifth and sixth floors are the books related to dou qi, and the seventh floor is specially designed for the royal family. If you want to read, you can freely enter the seventh floor." He took out a gold badge and said, "Each floor has a corresponding magic barrier. It's impossible to enter without an emblem. Take it." Werther took it and bowed. "Thank you, old grandpa!" She ran away like a wisp of smoke.

Interesting expressions appeared in the old man's eyes as he muttered to himself, "This kid is James' seed? Interesting, I heard it's the useless Demon Wu? Bullshit! Anthony, that stupid pig, is only fit to go to hell! I can't see through the energy fluctuations on this brat's body, so how could he be a cripple? Wait, could a Dou Zhe's ultimate skill really be that strong? If there's a chance, let's talk to James and borrow this kid to do some research! " He slowly walked away with his back bent.

Werther ran all the way to a corner on the second floor before finally stopping, panting heavily. Earlier, that old man gave him an inexplicable sense of oppression, a kind of oppression he had only seen a few people possess, the old monk, the Demon Lord, and also that mysterious giant hand. However, the power unleashed by that giant hand before it was suppressed by the Eight Trigrams Furnace was far greater than that of the other three.

"This old fellow is pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger. No, that's not right, he should be pretending to be a rabbit to eat a wyvern. His body is deliberately concealing magic undulations, but how can he hide it from me?" He was definitely an expert of the level of a Grand Magus Saint. How could such a person be hiding in the Royal Library? And he even seemed to know his father? "This clan is getting more and more mysterious."

He did not dare to stay long in front of that old man. That old man's eyes seemed to be able to see through his heart, and he was afraid that after a while, his secret of cultivation would be lost. "I have to strive to memorize all the contents of this library within three months. Even if I don't cultivate in the future, I'll still be able to prepare myself when I meet experts in the future, so I won't talk too much. Let's do it!" He plunged into the sea of books.

In the viscount residence, James and Hobbs were standing together. Hobbs said, "I used a teleportation formation to send the young master to the library as instructed by my lord." The viscount said, "With Greenspan there, no one will notice that you've done a good job. "By the way, how are the two generals' assistants?"

Hobbs said, "I think he was sent away overnight by the Lord Minister of the Left through a teleportation array." Oh? So the Minister of the Left knows about this too? "Hmph hmph, good. You sure are shrewd and cunning. You managed to get one step ahead of me." "Lord, we can't just let this matter of young master's assassination go …" Hobbes had practically watched Werther grow up, and had unconsciously nurtured the same feeling as a father and son. He was also very angry at this assassination attempt.

James waved his hand. "He is my son. If he suffers, how can I not avenge him? However, the old fox, the Minister of the Left, had sensed the scent and had prepared a plan beforehand. Mm, this matter should be caused by the Black Dragon Dagger, and it must be the dark elf who acted on his own. However, how did this dark elf escape from the land of the seal? I'm afraid there are people in the Dark World who want to come into contact with him. " Just as he was deep in thought, the warrior at the door reported, "Sir, someone from the Public Security Bureau has come to visit." The corners of James' lips curled up into a smile, "I had expected this long ago. This Second Prince is really able to hold himself back. He's only now willing to come looking for me!" Arriving at the hall where the guests were waiting, Hobbes followed.

Originally, when he sent out such a little old man to deal with such a huge matter, James should have felt that the Second Prince was not attaching much importance to him and should have felt angry over it, but strangely, when James saw him, he frowned and thought for a moment before smiling and saying, "Looks like Second Bro does have some ability after all. Otherwise, if it's just the Minister of the Left enlightening him, he actually invited this old fellow over."

It turned out this old man was not an ordinary person. His name was Tom, because he had been a deputy in the City Defense Security Bureau for more than thirty years. He had never been there, so everyone called him Old Tom. Most of this city guard came from one of the empire's main legions, and they were carefully selected. The source of the troops was very outstanding, and because of this, their combat strength was very strong. When the empire was first founded, this city guard's predecessor was originally a guard squad that followed Klein I Emperor on his expedition to the east.

After hundreds of years, this once valiant and warlike army could not help but have a few degenerate. The quality of its troops was greatly reduced, but even so, its combat prowess still remained in the top five among the imperial army. However, because of the responsibility of this army, the number was not large, remaining at around eight to ten thousand people a year. The City Defense Army was commanded by the commander appointed by the emperor, who was the head of the Public Security Bureau. The other army that was stationed in the imperial city all year round was personally commanded by the emperor, the person in charge of guarding the imperial city.

However, the Imperial City Guards could only be selected from the existing aristocratic families. The principle was that they could take one out of two, three out of two could be selected from the existing aristocratic families, that is, one of the two sons of an aristocratic family, leaving behind the eldest son to inherit the noble title, while the second son had to enter the Imperial Guards. If there were three sons, all of them, with the exception of the eldest son, would be recruited into the Imperial Guards.

Back to the main topic, everyone knew, besides the Imperial Guards, there was only one other military force that protected the imperial city, and the Imperial Guards were always the most important forces controlled by the Imperial Family. No matter what identity you had, or what title you held, as long as you joined the Imperial Guards, you would only have to protect the Imperial Family, be loyal to the Empire, and it was the sharpest sword in the hands of the Emperor.

Historically, there had been many ministers and princes who had wanted to place their men in the Imperial Guard and work for them, but strangely, no matter what their goal was, no matter how many people were inserted in the Imperial Guard, after a period of brainwashing, they would become soldiers loyal to the Imperial Family. After a period of trial and error, the entire Imperial Guard would become completely loyal to the Imperial Family. By rebelling and usurping the throne, this army would immediately have a crucial role to play. It could even directly control the entire capital, the empire, and the situation under the heavens. Compared to the Imperial Guard, the difficulty of the City Defense Army was much lower, and the Imperial Family only managed it through the City Defense Chief's indirect mode of government. Therefore, the various forces had put a lot of spies in the City Defense Army, and this method of cultivating their own strength also resulted in the City Defense Army's quality to be mixed.

During the period when the Second Prince was in power, he had also tried to vigorously transform the City Defense Army and the Public Security Bureau. He had tried to reform them, but unfortunately, the forces inside were really intertwined and intertwined, and there were also many chess pieces of neutral ministers planted within them. The so-called "one on one" and "all on the move", the Second Prince was afraid of angering the other forces and causing his public opinion to become passive.

Old Tom was the Deputy Commissioner of Public Security who had worked in the Public Security Bureau for more than thirty years. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Public Security who had been in the Public Security Department for more than thirty years. It was an anomaly that the Public Security Bureau was a place where the various powers were fighting over. That way, even a fool could guess that this Deputy Director was actually a pawn of the emperor.