24. Chapter 24
Oswid let out an "um" and said, "Come in and say." β
Because of lack of sleep, his voice is a little hoarse, but calm and powerful, without the slightest hint of nervousness, it is easy for others to settle down. So much so that in these few days of contact, Peter often forgets that the emperor is actually much younger than him.
Of course, Osvid was actually a little speechless in his heart, this kind of urgent report could not be received eight times a day, and it was difficult for him not to be numb.
Sometimes he wondered if there was something wrong with his fate. The Golden Lion Kingdom has not been without people in power before, and there are even a lot of them, probably because the brilliance is gone, they simply break the jar and fall, and they are more powerful than the other.
However, the previous emperors of pleasure ate and waited for death all day long without any major incidents, why did he, who was put on the throne, have such trouble not long after he took power?
Peter stood near the door and said in as calm a voice as he could, "There are giant beastmen in the southeast who have entered the realm, and because they are flying too fast, they have already crossed the four cities directly to St. Antis. β
Oss had just ripped off his sweat-soaked clothes and was putting on new ones, when he heard the words, he was stunned: "The giant beastmen to St. Antis?" How much? β
Peter said with a dishful face: "It's about a hundred, just enough for the number of their raid team." β
Oswid: "They're in the water?" β
Peter: "......" How do you answer that?
When the previous emperors of the Golden Lion Kingdom were in office, their relationship with the Behemoths was really not good, and they were very repulsive to the Behemoths, a "barbaric and uncivilized" race, feeling that they were rude and rude and had no brains, and were useless except for their amazing combat effectiveness.
In fact, not to mention the Golden Lion Country, several countries of the Ouna tribe have this idea.
However, it is not surprising that those in power have this kind of thought, sitting in that position, even if they do not do their jobs and wait for death, they will not like those groups that seem threatening. Therefore, Osvid is probably the only emperor in the Golden Lion Kingdom in the past hundred years who has no ill feelings towards the Behemoth Clan.
First, he hadn't been poisoned by the proverbs of his elders when he was a child, and secondly, the last time he fought with the Giant Beast Clan, he felt pretty good. Moreover, if it weren't for Mai at the critical moment, blocking there like a mountain, the number of dead and wounded soldiers of the Ugin Iron Cavalry would have at least doubled.
After accepting this affection, he not only had a bad feeling for the people of the giant beast clan, but even treated them very well.
Of course, his treatment cannot be seen by ordinary people with the naked eye.
Like now, he replied to Peter: "There will be no raids." Those chickens and dogs jumping focused on silly and sweet goods, their IQ should not be able to afford something like a raid that needs to be planned. β
Peter: "......"
Osveld folded his collar and added, "Not necessarily, after all, the daytime raid was not originally planned by people with intelligence, maybe they can really do it." β
Peter: "......" Your Majesty's mouth!
"Did you stop it?" Osvid asked.
This should be put in the past, if an army of another country or other race enters the Golden Lion Country for no reason, it is generally near the boundary line to fight. Even if the situation is special now, the response will not lag too far behind.
Otherwise, you report to the emperor layer by layer, and when the emperor thinks about it and receives the order, he will go back to deal with it, and the people will already bombard the gate of the palace.
Peter finally had something to say, nodded his head, and said, "Stop, they turned their heads and fell into the wax woodland north of the city, and the bow barracks surrounded the whole woodland, and now the two giant beastmen in the lead say they want to see you." β
Osvid had a little thought in his heart: "I see, they are still in the wax woods?" β
Peter: "Yes. β
After all, the Behemoths are all so big, who dares to go to the palace casually to get them? If you accidentally start crazy, you can't pull it.
The wax woodland is a strange place on the outskirts of the city of Sant'Antis, because the wax tree only briefly grows leaves and blooms in late autumn in a year, and the rest of the spring, summer and winter are bald...... Panic.
Except for the wax picking season, usually not even a ghost shadow in the forest is willing to come.
It can be seen that so many places are not picky, but they choose to land here, and the taste of the giant beast people is really unique.
A hundred small beastmen gathered in the forest, standing or crouching, and suddenly became extremely crowded, and some simply turned back into beast forms and lay on the wax trees, pressing the branches to crumble.
When the wax branches were wet, they exuded an unfriendly smell, which I had to describe, probably like the smell of raw meat with blood and water, and the smoked archers who surrounded them looked loveless.
As soon as he reached the woods, Peter sneezed twice and said to Osvid with a wolf on his face, "Your Majesty...... Ahh Sorry, this smells too big, I have ...... Ahh The two leaders of the Behemoths are in ...... Ahh β
Osveld said with a toothache on his face: "Okay, don't talk, I can see it." β
It was difficult for him not to see it, because when the archers saluted him, a strong man more than two meters tall stood up and waved his hand at him exaggeratedly: "Hey, does the little emperor remember me!" You rode my back with that little white-faced commander last time! β
Everyone: "......"
Peter sneezed and almost rolled off his horse.
Oswid wiped his face: "......" shouldn't have been treated to such a thing that can't even be spoken.
This person who can't speak is the Giant Eagle Dan who escaped from the dungeon with Osvid in the first place.
Generally speaking, people who have fled together have a deeper relationship with each other than the others, at least not so much that they forget who they are within a month of separation.
But Dan's self-introduction was not superfluous at all, because if he hadn't given him such a prompt, Osvid might not have recognized himβ
I saw that this strong man didn't know what material to use to paint himself all black, and only the eyes and lips on his big face were not poisoned. From a distance, it looks like three round holes in a flattened black cake, two for the eyes, and one for the mouth that is swollen into a sausage.
Osvid felt that with his dignity, it would be better to look at Kevin's dog's paw painting than to look at it.
Dan continued to jump without shyness, and shouted in a raised voice: "Little Emperor, you let these archers collect the arrows first, there is a bit of a conditioned reflex after more battles, our hands itch when we see the arrows, and it is not good if we don't hold it after a while." We're here to talk to you about things. β
Osvid raised his palm, and the bow battalion "brushed" the arrow. He tugged at the reins, and the vulture paced forward a few steps closer to the woods: "My patrol swears me, and your two leaders are looking for me. So the leader isβ"
"Me!" Dan pointed to his nose, then pointed to a figure sitting on the ground next to him, and said, "And Xiao, the two of us are the leaders this time." β
As he spoke, he turned his head and kicked the people around him with his toes: "Eh, don't play dead!" Everyone is here, what's the matter with you hugging down? β
The person sitting on the floor was silent for two seconds, and then stood up reluctantly, also wearing a funny black skin, with a paralyzed face, which meant that he had nothing to love and did not want to see people.
Osvid finally couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth, and quickly "coughed" to cover up.
Xiao said expressionlessly: "If you want to laugh, laugh." "Hold your ass!
"I haven't seen a lot of change in a few days. Why did you paint yourself like this? Osveld asked.
"What else!" Dan said angrily: "In order to prevent insects, I see that you guys are making a lot of trouble here." β
Oswid: "Oh? Does it work? β
Dan pointed to his mouth, "What do you say?" I'm swollen, so I won't say how many other bites there are. β
Can you not be bitten, these beastmen worship wildness and freedom, and feel that neat houses and too many heavy clothes are restraints, and they can't show their heroism if their chest and abdominal muscles are not exposed. Even when you go to the battlefield, you dare to throw two bare arms, let alone in peacetime?
"What are you talking to me about?" Osvid actually had a guess in his mind, but he asked anyway.
Dan put away the hippie smiley face, and said, "Come and ask you for a favor." β
Osveld squinted at him for a moment, then tugged at the reins and turned his horse's head, and raised his voice, "Let's go, go back to the palace." You want me to help, and I just want to ask you for a little favor, how about an exchange? β
When the black beastman assault (moe) team followed Osveld's team back to the Hanging Palace, the elite team on the top of the Bald Hill was caught in the battle between the heavens and the people-
Jump first or back, that's the question.
"What? Ready to get started? Kevin twisted his neck, and his neck bone made a crisp "click". He walked unhurriedly to the edge of the cave, moved his hands and feet, and said: "When you are about to reach the entrance of the cave, pay attention to adjust your posture, fall into the whirlpool and relax and follow the water, and you will naturally stop when you reach the place." β
Ben cried and said with a sad face: "How can you know so well, you you skip?" Don't lie to people, I'm scared. β
In fact, most of the people present had this question: why did Kevin know the situation in this place so clearly? If you want to know how to go up the mountain, you don't care where the waterfall is, how can you even know what it is like after going down the waterfall in such detail?
Kevin waved his hand and didn't say much, but said: "It's almost here, at least the last time I saw it, remember not to make a noise after the whirlpool stops, it's a bit troublesome to alarm the things inside." I don't think you want to be surrounded by something that jumped off the top of the mountain. β
When everyone heard this, they touched their necks with a look on their faces.
"But in general, it shouldn't alarm them too much. Alright, don't waste time. I'll jump first, and you follow. β
Kevin's tone was so relaxed that it was as if he was not going to jump to the end, but to the bath.
Everyone pondered for a while, and after he jumped down, there was no reliable one left on the top of the mountain.
So Nick subconsciously tugged on his arm: "Or ...... Or do we jump first? β
Kevin took a step back indifferently, raised his eyebrows, and said, "It's okay, then you come." β
Nick: "......"
Everyone was very ridiculous, and it can be seen that the waterfall is really not a human jump.
Five minutes later, Kevin ran out of patience and rolled his eyes with his back.
"Gone!" With that, he leaped forward and plunged into the whirlpool of the great waves.
As a young land beast, Ben hated this kind of highland most in his life. On the one hand, he was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and on the other hand, he felt that a warrior should be fearless.
He wandered around the edge of the cave like a hot ant, watching Kevin's figure get smaller and smaller, and he was about to fall into the whirlpool. He finally closed his eyes and kicked his legs, and rushed forward two steps.
Probably because he was so flustered, he didn't see a raised stone under his feet.
When he passed, he tripped over a hard one, and before he could take a deep breath, he rolled out like a ball and fell straight to the bottom of the hole.
For a while, the thousand-meter-deep mountain resounded with his ghost crying wolf howl from heaven to earth: "My day your father, ahh
As it fell, the wind screamed in his ears, causing his cheeks to ache and almost deform.
Kevin closed his eyes, silently counting the distance in his heart, and sighed lightly: Tsk - such an embarrassing place, I really don't want to come again......
"Wow-"
The rushing water drowned him with a loud sound. He held his breath, relaxed his hands and feet, and let his body flow with the whirlpool, the huge suction dragging him down at great speed.
This high-speed spin continued for a while, and finally calmed down before he ran out of oxygen.
He slid down the water to a flat ground, and after a moment of inertia, he finally stopped.
"Ahemβ" Kevin coughed up a little of the water in his throat and inhaled sharply.
I'm going to throw up if I turn around again.
He cursed in his heart, raised his hand to wipe the water on his face, and was just about to open his eyes and get up, when he felt something cooler than water against his neck.
What is it?!
He opened his eyes suddenly, and because of the water droplets on his eyelashes, he couldn't open them all, and could only squint half-wide.
Through the blurred vision of the water vapor, he saw a blade that shimmered with cold light, motionless in front of him.