Chapter 45: The Lady of Light Sighs (31)
The rest is just as we guessed.
After a peaceful rest for a day, at dawn the next day, an army of the Dammoth Empire, numbering about two hundred, had already arrived near us. But unlike before, this time, it was these armies who came to meet us. Oh, no, to be precise, it should be to welcome Redding, the auxiliary minister who was personally canonized by His Majesty the Emperor of the Danmos Empire. As for the rest of us, it's just a matter of randomness. But we don't care who they think the protagonist is, as long as we can rest and rest for the rest of the time.
As for Reading, I think anyone who is from the Danmoth Empire should be very familiar with it. After all, this old man who came out of the Dre Maya Province and struggled for decades to reach his current position is already regarded as a wind cloud figure in the entire Danmos Empire. At a time when the Regent was not as powerful as he is now, Reading was the most popular fried chicken at that time. And he did live up to the expectations of the emperor of this country, but all this happened when His Majesty the emperor was young. Later, everyone knew about the affairs of this country, the emperor of the wise Danmos Empire became a mediocre and incompetent old emperor, and the regent relied on his relationship with this old emperor to ascend to the throne smoothly and frantically eradicate dissidents. And if it weren't for the fact that Reading was a close confidant of the old emperor, and the regent still had scruples about eradicating Reading in the open, then I'm afraid Reading would have been buried in his homeland decades ago.
Of course, this is not a custom, Redding simply believes that he is the first person to come out of his hometown of Eremaya, and although he is now a noble auxiliary minister of the empire, he still wants to return to his homeland after his death. Either way, it seems like he's enjoying the feeling at least for now.
After a shortening ceremony, we were led by two hundred Imperial soldiers into one of the largest barracks in the area. By the time we arrived, their reception had already been prepared for us. Well, I have to say, the food they serve is indeed too rich. Not to mention the must-have meat, but what makes me even more satisfied is the delicacies they have prepared to entertain us. One of the most obvious foods on my table was that it came from a whale in the depths.
Oh my God, whales. I am very clear about the name of the giant whale, and I must know that part of our undead territory is also on the verge of the ocean, and some undead who want to pass the boring time try to enrich their boring time by fishing. And the legend about the giant whale slowly spread at that time.
I've heard that giant whales are the largest creatures in the world, and I have no doubt about that. Because unlike our land, the ocean can be said to be almost boundless. So in the boundless ocean, if you want to grow as big as you want, you can grow as long as you want, and the premise is that you have to be strong enough. Of course, these giant whales are obviously the powerhouses of the ocean, or even the existence of hegemons. It's not just because they're so big, it's because they're intelligent.
Yes, there is wisdom, that's absolutely. Although many so-called scholars of human supremacy swear that only the races living on the continent can have wisdom in this world, the sea race is a secret that even a three-year-old child knows. Like the races on the road, they have dominated the seas and built a brilliant civilization. I don't know what the scholars did to convince themselves of their doctrines, but I just laughed at them. Of course, the whales I'm talking about aren't technically members of the ocean family.
If the dragons on land are a legend, then the giant whale is the same legend. However, those who came from the north claimed to have seen dragons, so the giant whale did not exist only in the imagination.
Legend has it that these clever giants only need a flick of their tail to silence a sturdy ship, and then they can feed on these unlucky ones who have fallen into the sea with impunity. And what is even more terrifying is that they do not act alone, but in groups. Each group typically consists of five to ten adult whales and three functioning juveniles. Such a terrible thing, even the people of the sea are disgusted by it.
So basically, these whales are the overlords of the entire ocean. And a Danmoth Empire officer sitting next to me who was in charge of entertaining us said to me with a smile that it was the meat of a juvenile giant whale that they had captured with their own hands. And in order to capture this juvenile whale stranded on the shore, about a thousand ordinary soldiers and fifteen excellent magicians were killed by the sea.
After hearing the officer's introduction, I looked at the other tables, and sure enough, on each table was a plate containing the meat of the young giant whale. But when I heard about it, I lost any appetite. Who would be foolish enough to put a thousand soldiers and fifteen good magicians at the risk of their lives for this meagre whale meat? It seems that there is really no need for this country to continue to survive.
Firestorm at the next table was interested in such a strange thing, and he had basically eaten all the baby whale meat on his table. Of course, this has a lot to do with the humility of the escort at his table.
It's a very hilarious scene, Firestorm gobbles up a large piece of whale meat while beckoning the accompanying officers to eat with his free other hand, but he brings the plate of whale meat to him with lightning speed, the jingle of the bell, and the people don't let it go. This made those officers grit their teeth with hatred and wanted to eat the fire storm as whale meat, but in order not to offend the auxiliary minister Redding, he forced a smile and watched the fire storm slowly send all the whale meat to his stomach, and he couldn't stop flattering: "Sir, let me just say, you will definitely be very interested in this whale meat." Don't worry, don't worry, eat slowly, there is still 。。。。。。 after eating ”
And there's a fart. It was all their whale meat, and they served it all to the table without even tasting a bite of it in order to entertain Reading from afar. Just kidding, don't they want to eat it? Of course they want to eat it, these whale meat is bought for so many lives, even if it is just for those who sacrificed their lives because of this, they should take revenge, but now they can only watch the fire storm take revenge on their behalf.
The situation on the other tables is slightly better, don't look at the iron mountain, although it is big. But it's actually still very gentlemanly. After knowing that these giant whale meat was not easy to come by, Tie Shan only ate a bowl very politely, and then let those officers share the rest of the giant whale meat. This made the officers at the Firestorm table even more hateful.
However, the situation at the other tables was even better, Banks himself was not very fond of meat, and Reading, even if he liked these greasy and refreshing whale meats, he would not eat much for the sake of his identity. What's more, he is a dignified auxiliary minister of the Danmos Empire. How could an Imperial Auxiliary Minister sit at a table with these junior officers? He sat with three of the highest-ranking officers here, and each of them had a plate full of whale meat.
So, instead of expecting Firestorm to leave them with a little leftovers, they should pray that Reading will eat less of that precious food. After all, Redding is an old man, and Firestorm looks like a glutton.
After enjoying this delicious meal, their hospitality to us is far from over. After all, it was only midday, and after the three senior officers had welcomed Reading into their largest tent, we were placed in a pre-set grandstand to watch their specially choreographed wrestling show.
The performance of these soldiers on stage is full of desire, almost every duel will be bloody, and it is indeed very exciting. So much so that when the officers told us that the victory or defeat had actually been arranged, I realized how powerful the charm of this one was. According to them, the wrestling show has been practiced for hundreds of thousands of years and was a popular sport all over the world in antiquity. However, it was only after the extinction of ancient humans that this inheritance was completely severed. It wasn't until thousands of years ago, when some archaeologists in today's Deloma Empire dug up a pure black trench coat and a certain black hat and some rolled sleeves that could no longer read the font, that they knew that there was still such a performance form as wrestling, and wrestling was revived, but there was no way to return to the previous craze that swept the world.
I'll admit that I was deeply attracted to this show, but who would have thought that in this wooden ring, they looked like they had a lot of hatred, but after getting out of the ring, they became brothers again. In their words, what they show in the ring is just a plot, and there is no way to compare the plot with real life.
I couldn't help but recall that Reading had given me an uneasy look at me when he had been invited into the tent, and when he saw me nod quietly, he immediately regained his natural form and entered the tent with the men talking and laughing. Come to think of it, he already had the courage to face some things that he didn't dare to face before.
After the wrestling show, their female soldiers began to take the stage. This time, it was a song and dance. But for me, the singing and dancing performed by these female soldiers was nowhere near as exciting as the previous wrestling. To be honest, it even made me a little drowsy, and only Banksy was interested in it. By the time the song and dance were over, the sky had gradually darkened. That's when dinner was served.
Sure enough, I was right, they didn't dare to do anything with Reading now. After an afternoon of "friendly talks," Redding and the three senior officers walked out of the tent laughing and returned to their noon position. Dinner wasn't as hearty as lunch, but I wasn't interested in food anyway, and Firestorm was a little disappointed, why was there a rare whale meat as the main course at noon, but nothing decent at night? Little did he know that the officers who accompanied him at dinner were no longer the noon ones, for the noon ones were terrified of the stormy way of eating.
After dinner, I thought the ceremony they had greeted us was over, but for them, it seemed like it was the beginning. But fortunately, in the evening, we performed an afternoon wrestling again. And it lasted longer than in the afternoon, and those who participated seemed to be a little more competent. In addition, in another place, a grand bonfire was held, and Banks, who had no interest in wrestling, couldn't wait to dance his body and become the star of the evening.
It wasn't until late at night that the ceremony was officially over. In this short day, in order to hold this welcoming ceremony, they dispatched about four or five thousand soldiers and hundreds of middle and high-ranking officers. I think if the apostles had known what had happened tonight, they would not have missed this great opportunity. Of course, I'm pretty sure they know about it, and they're just pretending they don't know. Like Reading in the afternoon, these officers and soldiers are not acting out a plot in which they play a small role in this huge plot, just to keep us from suspicion.
But their expectations are likely to be disappointed. Reading approached us during the break and told us what had happened in the afternoon.
"They actually took the initiative to tell me about what happened on the Courage Line. Reading said to us, "And they treat me like His Majesty the Emperor, and they do everything except kneel and kowtow." And they seem to be the three highest-ranking officers stationed in the line of courage. It seems that the apostles who are just outside the city walls must have known what happened today, otherwise the three officers would not have been able to meet us without scruples. It's horrible, how did they make it all day?"