"Cough, cough, open the pack! Open the pack!" Roland pointed, and a dazzling golden light immediately illuminated his dog eyes.
"Dragon Knight! Sixth tier! Imperial standing legion! Big foreign babe... Cough, cough! Take that last one out!" Roland gazed at the card effects, like opening packs in Fallout Shelter, and prayed sincerely.
"Buzz!" As the golden light receded to the edges of the card, the image within was finally revealed!
It was a handsome man holding a battle flag high overhead, followed by a group of generals in armor and nobles draped in robes. Roland would not have been overly shocked by that alone, but when he saw the banner the man carried, his pupils shrank sharply!
"My God, the Middle-earth weightlifting king!" Roland nearly launched himself into the sky.
The banner bore the image of a hand stroking flowing water! It belonged to the empire's original noble house, defenders of the imperial court, commanders of the Twelve Swift River Cities, a Court Duke family—the Vladivostok Family of the Hand of the Swift Current!
As the trusted family of successive emperors, steadfast supporters and defenders of the empire, the Vladivostok Family had once controlled most of the authority in the entire Imperial Capital and the Twelve Swift River Cities—including the twelve Swift River stronghold cities such as Flowing City and Giant Port. They were practically the royal family's loyal hounds and the empire's claws and fangs! Their influence in the imperial heartland was no weaker than that of the Kings of the fiefdoms. It could even be said that this family, together with the Baikal Family of the Northern Hand, upheld the empire's governing system! With the imperial and royal families as its core, the Empire's Twin Fists formed by the Hand of the Swift Current and the Hand of