Chapter 175: The First King's Greed
A blue light flashed, and a black metal armband appeared on Su Xiao's palm.
This item was designed for the left hand. Its design made it possible to protect the fingers, palm and most of the hand.
There was a button on the armband's wrist, and Su Xiao pressed it.
*F-f-f!*
A little steam escaped from the armband, and it opened. Su Xiao put his left hand inside, and the armband immediately closed.
*F-f-f-f...*
There must have been a small furnace inside the armband, as several red stripes appeared on its surface.
Su Xiao moved his fingers and found that this armband didn't block his movements at all. The metal of the armband was very thin and it weighed no more than a kilo.
From the outside, this black metal armband looked very beautiful. Su Xiao nodded in satisfaction, the rating of such a thing couldn't be low.
[King of Knights (Honor).
Origin: Paradise for Reincarnation.
Quality: Blue.
Category: Armband.
Condition: 43/43.
Equipment requirements: Strength minimum 10 points; Agility minimum 10 points.
Attributes: Honor. Health recovery speed increased by 30%.
Rating: 31.
Description: One of the eight items from the "King of Knights" set, after collecting the eight pieces of the set, the complete "King of Knights" set will be formed.».
Price: 4,900 Paradise Coins.]
Su Xiao was calm. Although the rating of this blue equipment was very low, it was quite valuable.
It was one piece of some kind of kit. If he collected all eight pieces of this set, he would get something very good.
But Su Xiao was well aware that he wouldn't be able to get the other parts of this set. If someone had parts of this kit, they would never sell them.
Eight separate parts could become a single set. Just this armband alone gave quite good bonuses and was very useful for any melee fighter.
Now, Su Xiao could use his left hand to block the attacks. He didn't like using shields — they were too heavy and didn't suit his style. This armband looked solid, so he would be able to block a couple of attacks at a critical moment.
And, among other things, this armband looked pretty good.
— Su Xiao slapped the wooden table with his left hand, and the wooden table easily split into two parts.
When he took the sword with his left hand, he didn't feel any discomfort, but usually Su Xiao wielded the sword with his right hand.
— Hm.
Su Xiao took a deep breath and decided that in the future, similar chests would be opened under the effect of his lighter.
However, this lighter's skill took a very long time to recharge. Ten days have not yet passed since the last time. When he was in the real world, the recharge of this lighter was suspended and was only resumed after he returned to Paradise.
After sitting on the bed for a while, Su Xiao left the house.
The sky was already dark.
Su Xiao hesitated for a while. Now that there was nothing to defend, he decided to return to the Scouting Corps first.
Three fish hadn't been caught by him yet. He needed to go out into the light so that the three fish could see the bait.
After asking about the ordinary people walking on the streets, Su Xiao soon came to a stone building.
The stone building had four floors. Its outer walls were covered with green moss, and one side of the wall was covered with a large number of vines.
The stone building was a bit old, and its windows were muddy.
This old stone building was the headquarters of the Intelligence corps, but it looked a little disgusting compared to the military police headquarters.
— It doesn't look like the Scouting Corps is doing very well, does it? Expected.
The first king wanted to let the civilians live inside the walls in peace, but people always wanted freedom, and even though their memories were distorted, many still wanted to explore the world outside the walls.
The first king also understood that people would not be able to sit still, so the intelligence corps was created.
The Scouting Corps wasn't really created to explore the world outside the walls. This was just a hope for ordinary people. As long as ordinary people have hope, they won't fall into despair. As long as they have hope, they won't rebel.
They were constantly sending people outside the walls, but it was too dangerous, so people had to stay outside the walls.
The true meaning of the scouting corps was not to explore the world, but to provide ordinary people with hope and peace.
The island they lived on was huge, and the scout corps hadn't reached the ocean yet.
Perhaps the moment the members of the intelligence corps found out the truth, the royal family would immediately kill them.
Because of this, the Scouting Corps didn't have a high position, and because of this, there were other factions within the walls that the Scouting Corps couldn't contact.
Su Xiao was stopped when he just entered the intelligence corps headquarters.
He wasn't wearing a scout corps uniform.
— Civilians can't enter... You look familiar.
The dim light made it impossible for the guard to get a good look at Su Xiao's appearance.
— Intelligence Corps member, Byakuya.
The guard nodded.
— Oh, I see now, Byakuya, the chief was looking for you, " the guard said and led Su Xiao inside the headquarters.
— Hurry up, the meeting's already started.
Su Xiao was puzzled, Erwin was looking for him? And why was this meeting called?
After reaching the third floor of the headquarters, Su Xiao realized what kind of meeting it was.
It was just a normal dinner.
Around the square wooden dining table, Erwin was sitting in the first place, Levi, Hanji Zoe, and the others were also sitting at this table, and Eren was sleeping in his seat.
— Erwin gestured for Su Xiao to sit down at the table.
Su Xiao didn't say anything and took an empty seat. A plate of dark yellow soup was quickly placed in front of him, and a basket of bread was soon placed on the table as well.
As Su Xiao picked up the spoon and started eating the soup, he frowned.
The taste was very light, except for a small amount of salt, there were no other seasonings in this soup, and instead of potatoes, root vegetables were added to the soup, which did not taste very good, and it was quite difficult to chew.
Su Xiao didn't want to eat, but he was polite enough not to spit it back out. As a Chinese man with a cult of food that was passed down from generation to generation, he couldn't afford to eat something like this.
Looking at Levi and the others who were eating with great gusto, Su Xiao suddenly thought that they all looked almost like the livestock of the royal family.
All the people inside the walls worked hard every day, but many ordinary people couldn't even meet their basic needs.
And remembering the royal family, whose members only ate luxurious food and wore luxurious clothes, who even had a personal army in the form of military police, who could do anything for the royal family...
Did the first king come for the sake of creating such a place?
But Su Xiao didn't think that was the case. The first king must have thought that the Marlians would win sooner or later, so he decided to escape and create a small kingdom on the island.
And although the first king had succeeded, the people inside the walls were like pigs and dogs, while the royal family lived to the fullest.
As for the slogans about avoiding wars, Su Xiao would never have believed that airships or cannons weren't developed in this world.
If he revealed to the world that the royal family had long lost the power of the titan ancestor, then what would happen in that case?
The resulting scene must be wonderful.
— Ahem, Byakuya, what happened to the female titan you fought during the day? Erwin interrupted Su Xiao's flight of thoughts, and everyone's eyes fell on Su Xiao.
If these people heard Su Xiao's thoughts, they would definitely try to kill him.
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