Chapter 77: Beauty

What a surprise? What surprise could there be at Brother Kanasi's place? Chu Tian walked out of the palace in a daze, then was informed that Kanasi had gone to the East City Barracks of the Imperial Capital's Imperial Guard.

The Imperial Capital's Imperial Guard camps were divided into four, each situated in one of Pompeii City's four directions. The East City camp was the largest and served as the main defensive force of the Imperial Capital.

Surrounded by a large group of guards, Chu Tian rode a pure white unicorn warhorse down the main street of the Imperial Capital. Unicorn warhorses were generally black, but there were a few that stood out, like the white one Chu Tian rode. In terms of strength, this unicorn horse was unremarkable, but Chu Tian had specially purchased it to match his spotless white holy priest robes.

It had to be said that riding this horse made Chu Tian look quite dashing. Seated majestically on the sturdy warhorse beneath his handsome features, he carried an expression of a divine figure, with a line of black-armored warrior horses tightly following behind him—all of them in black—and combined with the legend of Vladino the Holy Priest being renowned across the continent, this ensemble could only lead to one outcome: being surrounded by onlookers!

"My god! I saw Prince Vladino!" A beautiful woman in the crowd excitedly shouted.

"Unbelievable." An elderly man nearing his hundredth year said to his little grandson beside him, "Prince Vladino is so young?"

"Praise the Goddess of Life!" A young man dressed as a priest in the distance was already teary-eyed with joy, raising his hands to bless the goddess. "Thank you, goddess, for letting me witness my idol with my own eyes!"

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The crowd grew larger and larger until the situation was nearly out of control.

"Ah~~" Chu Tian sighed inwardly. Why did everything always turn out like this? Becoming an idol wasn't his fault, was it?

The empire of Caesar had an open culture. Some older people still observed certain rules, but the young ladies were not so well-behaved. "Prince Vladino, I want to take a photo with you!" A beautiful woman holding a magic camera crystal tore through the crowd, trying to pounce in front of Chu Tian's horse, but fortunately, Peiqi's guards blocked her in time.

"Brother, we'd better hurry up and leave," Peiqi said, nearly on the verge of collapse. Everything was already in chaos, yet brother still looked so relaxed and enjoying himself.

With several warhorses clearing the way, Chu Tian and his group galloped out of the encirclement, leaving behind countless beautiful women's screams...

"Haha," Chu Tian smiled happily on his horse, finally escaping those beauties. Sometimes having too many beauties was quite a painful thing.

Unfortunately, Chu Tian soon couldn't laugh anymore because they had reached the camp. Praise the Goddess of Life! Standing before the gate of the camp, Chu Tian was stunned. The Caesar camp, renowned for its iron discipline and masculine vigor, had suddenly acquired an odd gentleness. Beauties, all of them beauties! And they were all elven beauties who dominated the continent!

A strange scene had formed at the entrance of the camp. After receiving the news, Kanasi was welcoming Chu Tian. However, beside Kanasi were no longer the usual Caesar iron riders, but over a hundred elven beauties standing there.

"Vladino, you've come!" Although Kanasi was somewhat awkward, duty was more important, so he could only accept Chu Tian with a stiff face.

"Prince Vladino, hello!" From among the elven beauties, a person stepped forward. It was Herci, the elven elder Chu Tian had met at the Agura Mountain Medical Conference.

"Haha, so it's Elder Herci," Chu Tian understood what was happening—the elves had come to form an alliance.

After exchanging pleasantries, Kanasi led Chu Tian and Herci into the camp. "Elder Herci," while walking, Chu Tian pointed to the hundred or so elven beauties following behind and said, "These are the archers you provided for the empire?"

"Yes. They are the elven coaches." Kanasi explained for Herci: "And your guards."

"My guards?" Chu Tian stopped and examined those beauties. Naturally, there was no need to mention the elven young women's appearance. Their graceful figures, tall statures, and tight-fitting soft armor were almost every man's dream, except for the long bows on their backs and quivers at their waists, which were somewhat out of place.

"Anna, come here," Herci called out the most beautiful one in the group, pointing at her and saying, "Prince Vladino, this is Anna, an eighth-level Night Hunter. She is your guard, sent by His Majesty the Elf King."

"Praise the Goddess of Life! You say she is my guard?" This time Chu Tian was truly shocked. No matter who, suddenly being told they had a beautiful subordinate, no one would remain unaffected.

"Haha," Herci smiled, "Yes, she is your guard attendant."

After leaving everyone outside, Chu Tian, Kanasi, and Herci walked into the central military tent, and then Herci explained the matter to Chu Tian.

After returning from Agura Mountain to the elven territory, Herci had reported the alliance with the Caesar Empire to the Elf King. Just as Chu Tian had anticipated, the Elf King unhesitatingly agreed to all conditions, including the Life Essence matter.

Just as the Elf King was about to dispatch Herci to the Caesar Empire to formally conclude the alliance, a message reached their ears: Vladino had been promoted to ninth-level Holy Priest.

This news caused an uproar in the elven race. In the Elf King's view, since Chu Tian could represent the Caesar Empire to discuss alliance, he must be a major figure in the empire. Moreover, Holy Priests were the ultimate powerhouses on the Fantasy Beast Continent, so Chu Tian now held unparalleled influence in the Caesar Empire. Therefore, to ensure the alliance could proceed smoothly and for the cause of the elves' restoration, Chu Tian must be won over!

As for how to win him over? The Elf King thought that since Chu Tian could buy Life Essence with two hundred thousand gold coins, he certainly wasn't lacking in funds, but it was said that he no longer possessed any magical power, so Chu Tian must be lacking in guard strength. Thus, the Elf King and several elders decided to send an eighth-level Night Hunter to Chu Tian!

Anna was not very old, only over a hundred years old, which... converted to human years, was roughly twenty. She was the most talented archer of this generation of elves, even entering the eighth level a hundred years earlier than Elder Herci. One could imagine that in Anna's lifetime, she would definitely become a ninth-level Night Arrow Goddess!

"Praise the Goddess of Life!" Chu Tian narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Please convey my thanks to His Majesty the Elf King." On the surface he was polite, but Chu Tian was laughing coldly inside. Hmph, guards? Probably to supervise me, right? There were fewer than ten eighth-level professionals in the entire elven race, and even fewer under the Elf King's control. Now they were suddenly sending a Night Hunter to Chu Tian—one hand to win him over, the other probably to use the strength of an eighth-level professional to monitor whether Chu Tian was earnestly fulfilling the alliance.

However, since the beauty had been delivered to the door, how could Chu Dashao refuse?

...

Recently, Chu Tian had been occupied with the pharmacy and was unaware of anything happening outside, so he didn't know that the alliance between Caesar and the elves had already been negotiated and settled by Ludwig III and Herci. Today's order from Ludwig III to Chu Tian was to have him cooperate with Kanasi in forming a heavy cavalry archer unit!

After briefing all the details, Herci departed. The following matters were military secrets of the Caesar Empire, and she had no qualifications to know them; at least in terms of face, she had to step aside. The remaining Anna quietly stood outside the central military tent and began her first guard duty.

Only Chu Tian and Kanasi remained in the tent. So Chu Tian became much more casual and, with a sly smile, said, "Hey hey, brother, when will you marry your sister-in-law?"

"This..." Kanasi's face changed drastically. Interspecies romance was the thing he least wanted others to know, even this blood brother he had recognized.

"Brother, what nonsense are you talking? Where do you have a sister-in-law!"

No wonder Kanasi denied it. Although he was the empire's legion commander and Red Flame was a ninth-level giant dragon, if the two were together, they would still be unable to escape the fate of being despised by others.

"Since things have come to this, brother, you still refuse to admit it?" Chu Tian's expression turned serious. "Aren't you two planning to stay like this for the rest of your lives?"

"Ah~~" Kanasi knew he couldn't hide anymore. He sighed and smiled bitterly. "Brother, if you want to scold me, just go ahead!"

Under the pressure of worldly affairs, Kanasi could only accept his fate.

"Why would I scold you?" Chu Tian was speechless. "I just want to congratulate you..." Regarding the interspecies romance issue, Chu Tian was not really opposed. He had seen more gay men on Earth, and besides, Red Flame could transform into a human.

"Brother, do you look down on me?" Kanasi was stunned.

"Praise the Goddess of Life!" Chu Tian took Kanasi's hands and looked into his eyes, speaking sincerely. "No matter when, you are my brother!" Chu Tian was cunning at times and even shameless, but he was not ungrateful.

After arriving on the Fantasy Beast Continent, the first person Chu Tian met was Kanasi. Although Chu Tian's current identity and status even exceeded Kanasi's, all of this could be attributed to Kanasi. If it were not for him leading Chu Tian to the Peak of Heaven, Chu Tian might now be dead in the Sunset Mountains.

Kanasi was so moved he could not speak. Seeing his reaction, Chu Tian comforted him. "Brother, rest assured. After all, I saved the Dragon Emperor once. I believe that in light of this, the dragon race will not be too harsh on Red Flame." When saying this, Chu Tian had no confidence whatsoever. What kind of person was Dragon Emperor Aristod? Chu Tian knew best. For his lifesaver, he could be sent off with a useless book he could not understand, so what would he do to Red Flame, who had violated the dragon race's taboo?

"Ah, as long as His Majesty and the Dragon Emperor can let us retire, that would be fine." Kanasi also understood the difficulty, so he held no great hopes. "Brother, if you can look up to me, then brother will be very happy..."

Praise the Goddess of Life, with my brother's support I could feel at ease. Chu Tian chuckled inwardly. He was indeed not ungrateful, but while comforting his brother, if he could gain some benefit in the process, that would be even better.

Now Ludwig III had sensed that Chu Tian posed a certain threat. Being targeted by the emperor was no good thing, so Chu Tian needed political chips to guarantee his own safety. Therefore, the support of this sworn brother Kanasi was more important than anything at this time! As long as Kanasi continued to treat Chu Tian as a brother, Ludwig III would have to consider more options...

After restoring the relationship between him and Kanasi as close brothers, Chu Tian had another headache: how to deal with the elven beauty outside?