Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 624 - 43: Secrets of the Empress’s Court_2
Rose smiled and said, "Almost. The Starlight Sage has always admired the Empress. Their generation was one where elves flourished, heroes appeared relentlessly. Each person was a peerless talent, but only the Hero King became a hero, participated in the Plane War on behalf of the plane, so the Empress, under the host of the Imperial Court, married the Hero King."
"However, the Starlight Sage always believed that the Empress initially fancied him. It was only due to politics that she had to choose a political marriage."
This is really exciting!
Lin Rui asked, "So the Empress is married? He still admires her? Doesn’t this bother him?"
"Isn’t this more attractive to you men?" Rose shot him a look.
"If you put it that way..." It seems there isn’t much wrong with it; after all, the spirit of Jian’an still exists, and the legacy of Wei Wu lasts forever.
Rose angrily punched his chest: "You humans are truly filthy! The Starlight Sage isn’t such a person. It is said that there was a period he traveled, left the World Tree for a thousand years. Until a thousand years later, when the Hero King did not return, he reignited his affections for the Empress."
So Lin Rui could understand. After all, the Empress was only with the Hero King for a month.
Though she is a young woman, if you think about it, it’s just a month-long romance.
Elves are a Longevity Species, living for hundreds or even thousands of years, certainly can’t demand the other party to remain a virgin forever. Do you want to suffocate them?
The only thing difficult to overcome might be that in this month’s romance, she got pregnant and personally bore a child for another man.
But perhaps he loved the Empress enough that he didn’t mind being an unintentional father? After all, royalty is traditionally quite chaotic. Fathers and sons sharing wives, the wife eventually becoming the Emperor, is not unheard of.
Lin Rui curiously asked, "So is the Empress now with the Starlight Sage?"
Rose firmly said, "No! I am the Empress’s Guard Captain, I can confirm absolutely not! For some reason, the Empress has never accepted the admiration of the Starlight Sage."
"Perhaps it’s because your Hero King occasionally descends to join the Empress at Mount Wu. The tricks of the Divine Lady Xiang King; the Divine Spirits are quite adept at them. Only this time it’s the Divine King and the Empress."
Rose punched Lin Rui harshly, causing him to gasp for air: "Your head is really filled with nothing but trashy desires!"
Lin Rui quickly stepped back, distancing himself from this violent girl: "Why are you so prone to violence? Can’t I make a reasonable speculation?"
Rose ignored him out of annoyance, but didn’t mind too much. Since ancient times, whether elf or human, everyone has been curious about court secrets.
Many human kings have ordered to prohibit the transmission of court secrets externally.
But the Empress is very enlightened and doesn’t care about these matters, so Rose can easily talk about them.
Perhaps this is intentional by the Empress, so that a Divine Spirit mentioned by enough people increases his Divine Power, making his connection with the mortal world stronger.
Only when Rose calmed down did Lin Rui continue: "What about that stinking poisonous snake outside? It seems to still be alive and struggling. Do you want me to help you eliminate it?"
Rose replied irritably: "Is that helping? Clearly you want to seize the opportunity to earn a reward for a finishing blow, right? Stop dreaming, Leidun has recovery ability. Being cut in half is only a punishment for him; he has been cut in half several times in the past thousand years. If you go out now, you might just be delivered into its mouth."
Such a thing?
Lin Rui clicked his tongue and sighed: "The divisions within your Forest Influence are quite large, too. Every group harbors grievances, contrary to being perfectly harmonious."
Rose nodded and said, "We are all children of the World Tree, and there have always been those unhappy with my non-elf control of the Imperial Court. But I believe the Empress will definitely have a way to completely eradicate this issue."
Lin Rui pondered, seeing the Starlight Sage act decisively and ruthlessly, it’s clear he doesn’t care about the conflicts between various tribes, indicating the Imperial Court’s stern majesty.
During the confrontation between Leidun and Rose, Lin Rui really thought it was the World Tree’s guardian Divine Beast, and that the Imperial Court didn’t have much restraining power over it.
Unexpectedly, the Empress’s imposing majesty actually overwhelmed this giant snake completely, not allowing it to counterattack. Arbitrary execution, cutting in half as punishment.
This insidious poisonous snake dared not complain to the Empress from start to finish. It might genuinely fear being killed, for a few complaints would inevitably vastly differ from directly confronting the Empress.
Then Lin Rui refocused his thoughts, looking at the scene inside the dungeon.
The first thing noticeable was that it was dark but not dirty, with only a few rooms on each level. Lin Rui followed Rose down several hundred floors on the World Tree’s vines.
Lin Rui asked, "Where’s the Celestial Prison? The deepest part?"
Rose nodded and said, "What you’re seeing is the Imperial Prison ordered by the Empress, where traitorous officials are detained. These are mostly elves and beings from the forest, generally mild in nature and not very harmful. Further down is the dungeon, holding creatures of threatening nature, all at least Catastrophe-level."
"Dungeon?" Lin Rui remembered the underground world in this realm was referred to as dungeon forces.
"Exactly as you’re thinking." Rose explained calmly: "Originally, dungeons were for imprisoning criminals. Later, more surface-dwelling humans, prisoners, and scoundrels were driven inside, forming a dark power."
Suddenly realizing, Lin Rui asked, "Does this mean we’ve already reached the Underworld?"
Rose smiled and said, "Your reaction is quite quick. Yes, the World Tree connects underground, surface, and sky; we’ve passed the dungeon and are now entering the Celestial Prison."
"Without the World Tree’s vines for passage, these creatures in the Celestial Prison cannot escape. Even if they break out of their rooms, they cannot cross the Plane Wall."
Lin Rui glared at her, saying, "Stop jinxing it. Such opportunities to raise flags are quite suicidal. I don’t want to enter the Celestial Prison and see a riot, with groups charging towards the World Tree’s canopy."
Rose shot him a look and said, "Stop exaggerating. They can’t escape. There’s an Elf Guard in front of each room. Each has a separate alarm system; not even the Great Sage can bypass all guards’ alarms simultaneously."
"Why?"
"Because they all have uncontrollable Traits! Okay, we’ve arrived."
As the treehouse on the vine opened, Lin Rui finally saw the underground world. These so-called rooms were how each underground volcano had a solitary isle in its center for confining prisoners.
Lin Rui saw among the prisoners roaring giant dragons, bloodthirsty demons, and even frantic angels!
Lin Rui asked in astonishment, "You imprison angels too? Why?"
"Oh, nothing important. He sneaked into the World Tree’s canopy intending to take a World Tree Branch to craft a Magic Staff, harming our Mother World Tree. This is an unforgivable offense."
Lin Rui gazed deeply at the imprisoned angel, realizing that this Celestial Kingdom Armament, a combat machine of Divine Spirits, was effortlessly detained by elves, showing this realm’s elves are far more powerful than imagined.
Following Rose, they proceeded to the deepest part of the Celestial Prison, where Rose took out a green token and said to the guarding Elf Soldier: "By the Empress’s order, retrieve the prisoner from here."
The other verified the token, respectfully returned it, and asked, "Should her shackles be removed?"
"Yes, release her to this human."
Lin Rui couldn’t help but ask, "Just like this to me? Is it alright? Isn’t she a dangerous prisoner of the Celestial Prison?"
"No problem, her danger lies in her identity; she is a Dark Elf."
