Chapter 203: The Beginning of Chaos
The Council of the High King was postponed until the third day of Zhang Hao's arrival, because the patriarch of the Dragon Slayer family, Kazador, who lived in the southernmost mountains, was in some trouble, and the outskirts of the Iron Peak Fort where he lived began to be invaded by greenskins for unknown reasons, and it took some time to deal with them.
The Supreme King's Throne Sanctuary is the tallest building in the entire Karaza, but in fact, his real council is still about the second floor underground, which is said to be closer to the gem mine.
Zhang Hao's seat was in the second position to the right of the Supreme Throne, just sandwiched between the first Belle Lord and the third Brock. And the old men are sitting on the huge candles on the roof, and maybe that position is the place for them to show their status. Then there was O'Lane, the representative of Asololon, Rachel, the emissary of Bretonnia, the absence of the Prince of the Frontier, and the absence of Kislev.
The lower left position of the Supreme King is the white dwarf who fought with Zhang Hao, the butcher king Agrim, the supreme commander of the Blood River Valley, Bernos Dragonhammer, and the only independent Kazadol-Dragon Slayer of the dwarven clan in the Southern Continent. Among them, the White Dwarf and the Butcher King are both legendary powerhouses, plus the Supreme King and Lord Belle, the strength of the dwarves should not be underestimated.
In the past few days before the meeting, Zhang Hao had already met the Supreme King and the White Dwarf alone, and gave thousands of communication crystals to the Supreme King as a previous apology, and after learning the specific reason, the Supreme King accepted Zhang Hao's gift, and said that he forgave him for his previous reckless behavior, of course, the deeper exchange of interests is not known to outsiders.
Seeing that everyone was seated, the High King stood on his throne and raised his glass and said in a loud voice, "Thank you, friends, for coming to the Eternal Peak." With that, he took a sip and drained the rich rum from the glass. Many of the other dwarves present were already excited about the wine in front of them, and when they saw that the High King finally spoke, they couldn't wait to shout, "For friends!" Then he drank it with him.
Zhang Hao participated in the dwarven council for the first time and was shocked by this bold opening statement, but he saw that O'Lane and Rachel had also finished drinking in one gulp, so he also pouted and raised his head to finish drinking. Hmm~ cherry flavor, I haven't drunk this rum. A large glass of wine flowed down his throat to his stomach, bringing bursts of warmth everywhere he went, which made the pores of Zhang Hao's whole body stretch for a while.
"Your Highness, this is a golden rum brewed by the unique brewing technique of the High King Family, and it can only be drunk during major councils." Brock kept bouncing his cup up and down on the edge of his mouth, not wanting to waste a drop.
"They all say that the relationship between your dwarves is not good, and you don't accept each other, today I thought it was all a rumor, and you were so positive about it for this wine." Zhang Hao complained in a low voice.
"Only...... As long as there is wine, what...... It's all easy to say......" Bullock replied incessantly, slamming his mouth.
"Next this cup! For the Kingdom of Mountains!! β
"For the Kingdom!!"
Wow, it's another cup, and after Zhang Hao just finished drinking, the dwarves behind him took the barrel and began to quickly fill it for everyone.
"One last cup! For justice! β
"Justice!!"
Wow, the third cup, Zhang Hao didn't want to drink it, the warm current was only effective in the first cup, and the second cup had no effect, so he secretly replaced the wine glass with Brock and let him drink the fourth cup.
"Bang!" After Brock finished drinking, he fell down on the table and fell asleep.
"Three glasses of golden wine are just right, and the fourth glass will directly increase the strength of the wine by four times. People who are not strong enough will just fall asleep. Lord Belle explained beside him.
"Take him down to rest, and wake him up at dinner." The High King waved his hand and let the guards carry Brock out of the throne temple.
Zhang Hao innocently talked to the people around him, saying that he didn't know that this would happen, and everyone present smiled like Zhang Hao to express their understanding.
"Then it's going to be the Parliament." The High King continued, unconcernedly, "It's an honor to meet you at Eternal Peak today, and I think you all know why I invited you to this meeting, and I thank the Empire for your support of this council. "Of course, the Supreme King has to thank Zhang Hao, O'Lane, Rachel, and Brock here are all part of the Imperial Alliance now, and no matter how high the Supreme King's prestige is, it doesn't mean that an invitation can invite these people from other races.
"The Supreme King doesn't need to be polite, as long as it is beneficial to future wars, everything is easy to say on the Empire's side." Zhang Hao nodded slightly to the Supreme King.
"A month ago, I received the heartbreaking news that Sogard, the patriarch of the Kolomson family in the Troll Country Mountains bordering the Far North, had died in battle in Dulong City, and three cities, including Barren Mountain Stone Hall and Schotraken, had been overrun by trolls!! Not only that, but Kislev openly attacked the last two cities of the Kolomsen family in the Goromedny Mountains in the name of rescue, Hanlintan and Camp Berso, forcing tens of thousands of dwarves into the mountains on the edge of the northern world that even our dwarves did not want to live in, and after losing a quarter of the population, they encountered the green-skinned Akamezu tribe hidden on the outskirts of the southern mountain range, and finally the vampires, Ah Ancestors, the vampires actually saved them, for which I really don't know how to thank the empire for its previous strategy. The High King sat down in his chair talking about this, and his eyes were a little moist.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to thank you, this is what we said before, isn't it?" Two months ago, the vampire army was secretly instructed by the empire to use the undead army to explore those unknown places in the border mountains, and suddenly one day found a lot of dwarf corpses, in order to find out the reason, Herman personally went on a trip, and finally found the remaining dwarves hiding in the deep mountain corners and preparing to accept death a month later. Although Herman didn't want to save them at all, he opened the mission communication crystal, and all the information would be summarized to the Eye of the Empire for one-on-one communication as soon as possible, so Herman rescued these dwarves with extreme reluctance, of course, some misunderstandings and conflicts broke out at the beginning, and the angry Herman directly opened his brother's corpse car, and the dwarves gave up resistance the moment tens of thousands of elite undead armies appeared. At the time of the Coup d'Γ©tat in Bretonnia, these vampires completely disappeared from the public eye, and needless to say, you can guess what they were doing, but if I don't say it, if you don't say it, it will be as if it never happened.
After saving the dwarf, the first incident conveyed this message to the Supreme King through the empire, which is also one of the important reasons why the Supreme King was able to forgive Zhang Hao.