Chapter 384 Shadow
Chapter 384 Shadow
The whole holy church could hear a needle drop, and I don’t know how long it had been.
The archbishop remained as motionless as a sculpture, but his voice came out from under the mask: "The country of Silen has been humiliated, how do you ask me to forgive you?"
Lawrence gasped secretly, realizing that the problem seemed to be more serious than he thought.
He thought over and over again and made up his mind: "Archbishop, I...I am willing to take the blame and perform meritorious service!"
"Our Holy See also has a battle pet egg of the Molten Earth Dragon. It will take me two months to train it to the same level as me."
"At that time, I can still enter the secret realm of the Ten Kingdoms with my peak strength and get countless rewards for our Xi Lun..."
Unexpectedly, the archbishop interrupted him directly: "Do you think you are still qualified to represent Xi Lun and enter the secret realm of the Ten Kingdoms?"
Lawrence was stunned.
The muscles on his face twitched several times, and he said in disbelief: "You...you mean that I have been deprived of the qualification to enter the Secret Realm of the Ten Kingdoms?"
"In the entire Xi Lun Kingdom, who else is qualified to represent the royal family to the secret realm of the Ten Kingdoms besides me?!"
The Archbishop was silent.
The brief silence seemed to tell Lawrence the answer.
Lawrence stood up immediately and said unwillingly: "You are talking about shadows, right?"
"..."
The Archbishop acquiesced.
Lawrence became more agitated, as if the so-called "shadow" replacing him was more unacceptable to him than any one person replacing him.
"Why can he represent Silen and take my place?!"
"He lost the original battle for the crown prince, and he lost it in my hands!"
Lawrence poked his chest with his hand and said quickly: "That's why I am the Crown Prince - Lawrence Stuart, and he only deserves to be called 'Shadow'!"
"He is not as good as me in terms of strength and qualifications. If you let him go to the Secret Realm of the Ten Kingdoms, you will simply embarrass the Xi Lun Kingdom!"
The archbishop sighed, his tone calm and slightly sarcastic: "Not as good as you?"
"You may not even know that he, who is only worthy of being a shadow, has already left you far behind."
"In comparison, he is more suitable than you to enter the Secret Realm of the Ten Kingdoms."
After a pause, the Archbishop's words made Lawrence feel even colder: "...even, becoming the crown prince."
Lawrence trembled uncontrollably, and after a long while, he roared: "No, he is not qualified!"
"I demand to get another dragon egg and fight the shadow again in two months!"
"Whoever wins, who is the crown prince, and who can go to the secret realm of the Ten Kingdoms!"
"Archbishop, I will let you know that he was no match for me when I changed jobs five years ago. Five years later, when we changed jobs three times, he is still no match for me!"
Lawrence hoped that the archbishop would agree, rather than take everything away from him so lightly.
However, the Archbishop did not answer, but the Star Paladin, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
"It should no longer be necessary."
"The Archbishop had already made this decision before you came, or rather longer."
"Originally, if you performed well enough in the Dragon Kingdom and the Secret Realm of the Ten Kingdoms, the Archbishop would continue to observe you and give you a chance to keep your position as crown prince."
"But during this trip to the Dragon Kingdom, you came back in embarrassment and even the Molten Flame Earth Dragon was killed. That's why the Archbishop will advance this arrangement."
The Star Knight comforted him in a deep voice: "There is nothing wrong with being a shadow. At least in the future, if your performance is amazing enough and you can overshadow the serving crown prince, then you will have a chance to become the crown prince again."
"This is the Archbishop's arrangement, just accept it. I have been teaching you for five years, and it can be considered a teacher-student relationship. I will never harm you."
"No! I won't accept it!" Lawrence took a few steps back, panicked, and was about to leave the Holy Church. "I will not become that person's shadow!"
"When I train the Molten Earth Dragon to a higher level, I will still be the strongest among the younger generation in Silen, stronger than that person..."
Before Lawrence could push the door out, the door of the Holy Church was suddenly blown open by a strong wind.
Gurgling flames mixed with heat waves roared from outside the door, instantly blowing Lawrence away and slamming him back to the Archbishop's throne.
Lawrence was swept by flames, his condition dropped a lot, his skin was covered with burns of varying severity, and the "burning" debuff was attached to his body, which continuously reduced his condition.
The burning pain made Lawrence moan uncontrollably. He turned his head and looked towards the door of the Holy Church, wondering who dared to hurt him.
As a result, this glance immediately made his eyes widen, and his heart was filled with anger and fear.
I saw a huge lava flying dragon slowly falling to the ground, its momentum was extremely terrifying.
Its appearance is somewhat similar to that of the Molten Earth Dragon, but a pair of fleshy wings has grown out of its back, and a ball of flame dances and burns at its tail.
Various characteristics indicate that this is a lava flying dragon with a higher grade than the molten earth dragon!
Among the epic battle pets, it can be regarded as the best existence!
This made Lawrence almost unable to believe that even though the Silon Kingdom was considered a big country, there was only a small inventory of such rare things as war pets.
In the entire Xi Lun Kingdom, the best pet is the Lava Earth Dragon.
The purity of the dragon blood of the lava earth dragon far exceeds that of ordinary earth dragons, almost reaching the level of flying dragons.
Therefore, the two Molten Earth Dragon Eggs that Xi Lun Kingdom obtained through a secret realm of chance are almost national treasures.
Lawrence, as the crown prince and whose professional characteristics are adapted to the Molten Earth Dragon, can get one of them.
Right now, there was actually a lava flying dragon that was more powerful than the molten earth dragon. How could he not be surprised?
If he had known that the Holy See had a pet egg for the lava flying dragon, he would have definitely chosen the lava flying dragon.
His strength can also be improved several levels as a result.
...Who on earth owns the lava dragon egg that he couldn't even get? !
When he looked up and saw the person riding behind the lava dragon, his whole body stiffened instantly.
Because the man sitting on the lava dragon looks exactly like him.
——It is his "shadow".
The Stuart family has only one crown prince.
In addition to the crown prince, there is also a "shadow".
Shadow has many responsibilities. He is the crown prince's stand-in, used to fend off some assassinations; at the same time, he has to help the crown prince secretly do troublesome things that are shameful or unwilling to do personally.
For example, the current archbishop was once the crown prince of the Stuart family.
Everyone in the world knows that he also has a shadow, but they have no idea where this shadow is.
Even... who can say whether the person sitting in the holy church now is the archbishop or the shadow?
It can be said that the only meaning of Shadow's life is to detect danger and clear obstacles for the Crown Prince or Archbishop.
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