"Your Majesty has not seen anyone for three more days!"

Cumberland stood in front of Huggins, his eyes widened, and he yelled at him.

The latter looked out the window with an embarrassed face, pretending not to hear.

Cumberland looked around at the silent guards around him, and said viciously: "You all know where Your Majesty is, but you just won't say it, right?!"

No one answered him.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more deadlocked, Huggins had no choice but to say to Cumberland: "Your Majesty is engaged in a very important business, and he has repeatedly stressed that if it is not necessary, do not disturb him. ”

The more the old knight heard this, the more angry he became, and he just wanted to raise his leg and kick Huggins's buttocks, but when he saw the cane that the other man was holding, he finally restrained himself from lowering his leg.

Just when a group of people stared at each other and faced each other in embarrassment, Todd, who was humming a small tune, walked into the audience hall from the underground laboratory in a relaxed and happy manner.

Looking at these people in the hall, Todd asked strangely, "What are you all doing here?"

Huggins desperately glared at the king, but the other party didn't notice.

Cumberland hurried up to Todd and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the officials of the kingdom are looking for you everywhere!

Todd looked surprised: "Find me, what's going on?!"

"Anyway, don't ask so much, come with me!"

Before he could take off his lab coat, Todd left the palace in a carriage under the guidance of Cumberland, heading in the direction of the Knights' headquarters.

Before the carriage reached its destination, Todd's ears were already filled with the sound of boiling human voices and the shrill sound of beasts.

When he walked out of the car door, he was startled by the crowd in front of him.

"Who are these people?"

Cumberland had no intention of answering him, and ordered the soldiers to split up to watch the lively crowd, and let everyone make way for the king.

When Todd walked into the stable at the back of the Knights' headquarters, he finally understood why the Kingdom officials were in such a hurry.

Fourteen adult griffons, with seven young griffons, run merrily in the stables.

A row of cooks from the city, trembling, hid in a cage made of steel, grilling steaks for their lives.

There were a few griffins waiting next to the iron cage, staring directly at the barbecue meat in the chef's hand, looking like uncles and aunts attending a buffet.

Cumberland said to Todd, "Just last night, a flock of griffons hovered over Twilight, and since you had ordered them not to attack these beasts, the kingdom's army could only watch them land in the stables. ”

"Because of this matter, I came to the palace last night with many officials to ask you to intervene to settle the matter. But Huggins, little bastard, won't tell me where you are!" Cumberland shook his fist angrily, "and the director of the stables came to report that the hungry griffons had begun to hunt the horses! ”

Todd nodded incessantly as he listened to Cumberland's complaints.

He always thought that it would take at least a month for Henry the Griffon to go back this time, but he didn't expect that it would be less than ten days before he came back. And not only brought back his spouse Sonia and his children, but also led a large group of "fox friends and dogs" to run back.

Todd went into the stables and found Henry taking a nap on the grass in the innermost part.

Beside him, an exhausted Sonia was taking a small bite of barbecue to replenish her nutrition, and when she saw Todd appear, she just nodded.

Beneath Henry's wings, there were three griffon eggs of different colors, lying quietly on the grass.

Without waking Henry, Todd walked out of the stable, called for Huggins, and said, "Find a quiet spot in the north of the city, near the barracks, where these griffons can make their home." ”

Watching an adult griffin easily swallow a large slice of roasted meat, Huggins' eyes twitched, "Do as you wish." ”

Cumberland walked up to Todd's side and said to him, "Your Majesty, there has been no meeting for three days, and we know nothing about the state of the Kingdom Mission. ”

Being reminded by the old knight like this, Todd also remembered that Dion and the mission led by Mary had not been in contact for a long time.

After entering the soul space, Todd found all the high-ranking officials of the kingdom, and then found Dion and Mary, and began to inquire about the progress of the mission's work.

Dion, who was obviously sleep-deprived, said to everyone with two dark circles under his eyes: "The Holy Acropolis has sent the weapons and armor and eliminated military horses they promised in advance to Watch Town. ”

Dieng transmitted his memories to the screen, pointed to the mountain of weapons and armor on the screen, and said: "I have inspected these equipment, they are properly maintained, in good condition, placed in ordinary countries, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the service equipment of the regular army." ”

Todd looked at the weapons and armor in the picture, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, what about those eliminated war horses?"

Dion's face became a little strange, and he whispered to Todd, "I don't think you should call these things war horses. ”

In the memory screen, Dion lifted the tarpaulin, and the things exposed underneath made everyone scream quietly.

These 'eliminated war horses' are not horses at all, they are not even corpses.

A pile of horses killed in battle, the skins of the horses were stripped of their skins, the flesh of the horses was removed, and even the internal organs were dug up, leaving only a pile of broken flesh and bones.

Cumberland frowned and said to Dion, "These are the horses that the Acropolis promised to sell us?

Dion explains: "At the beginning of the famine and there was no food in the city, in order to save forage, most of the horses of the Holy Acropolis were slaughtered, and the skin and flesh were used as food. ”

Huggins said angrily and funny: "So, these bones with meat foam are what they call 'eliminated war horses'?!"

Looking at the dismantled horse bones in the picture, Todd closed his eyes with a headache, originally these things were to be transported to the north to make up for the lack of equipment and war horses in the barbarian camp, but the slaughter of war horses by the Holy Acropolis people who were short of food still caused some trouble to his plan.

After thinking for a moment, Todd opened his eyes and said, "Let the convoy transport weapons and armor through the gates of the Watch Fort to the Falling Star Mountains to the north......;

At this point, Todd was a little hesitant to deal with these things.

Wayne, who had just completed the soul link in recent days, stopped fiddling with the mouse in his hand and suddenly proposed: "Your Majesty, regarding the corpses of those horses, I may have a way to turn them into treasures. ”

Looking at this scholar who had just joined, Todd suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what can you do?!"

Wayne closed his eyes, pulled up a picture from memory, and posted it on the big screen in the conference room.

It has a bright red and sticky appearance, mouthparts like lampreys, and a densely entangled body.

Looking at this terrifying creature, Todd felt a little familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember what this big worm-like thing was called.

Wayne gave the answer in time: "Your Majesty, this creature is called a blood worm. ”

At this point, Todd finally remembered what this thing was.

One of the two high-ranking Legions of Discord led by Lawrence is the ability to use these disgusting and powerful worms.

Wayne enlarged the picture of the bloodworm and explained to everyone, "This worm is a scavenging creature with four pairs of glands in its mouthparts that can emit extremely corrosive digestive juices. ”

Wayne changed the picture and said, "This digestive juice not only dissolves muscle tissue and dense bones, but even corrodes metal. Because of this property, blood worms can eat almost most of their food and use it as their own nutrients. ”

Todd listened to Wayne's introduction and nodded incessantly. He is really a scholar who started as a veterinarian, and he does have a certain ability in biological research.

Huggins asked Wayne at this time, "What does all this have to do with the carcasses of horses?"

Wayne brings up a video of bloodworms laying eggs.

On the screen, a blood worm can actually give birth to two hundred eggs in five minutes, and these eggs will break out of their shells in less than a day and become larvae crawling around.

"Blood worms reproduce quickly, have low breeding costs and high nutritional value. An adult worm can grow to a weight of about 400 grams as long as it is carefully cultivated, which can fully meet the basic food needs of an adult. ”

Listening to Wayne's introduction, Dieng's scalp was numb and said, "These bugs look so terrible, they must be very bad!"

Wayne shook his slender fingers, shook his head, and said, "Don't look at these insects as scavenging creatures, but their flesh is delicious, whether fried, grilled, fried or smoked, they taste good." ”

When Todd heard this, he suddenly inexplicably remembered a famous ingredient in his previous life - crayfish.

Wayne pointed to the Blood Worms on the screen and said to everyone, "As long as those horse corpses from the Holy Acropolis are transported to Twilight, I can try to breed Blood Worms and use them as a source of daily food." ”

Monk Qiao was the first to stand up and agree: "Your Majesty, at the moment, the food in Dusk West City is in short supply, and it is the time when it is necessary to expand the variety of food, the cost of breeding blood worms is low, and the output is high, which can make up for the lack of the kingdom." ”

Terrence also spoke out in favor of this view.

However, Huggins expressed his concern: "Your Majesty, do you remember the dangers of these blood worms? This terrible creature, if left untended, may cause trouble for the entire kingdom. ”

Wayne responded: "I've done experiments, and these bugs are afraid of heat and bright light, and as long as you have protective measures around the pond, there will be no major problems." ”

Seeing that the others had no more opinions, Todd immediately clapped his head and said, "The convoy transporting the equipment will set off for the north, and the convoy transporting the horse corpses will return to the West City of Dusk." Wayne, I'll allocate a batch of funds for you to breed and research blood bugs!"