"Bugs!"

An exclamation sounded from the periphery of the camp, and the soldiers and knights who had not taken off their armor immediately grabbed their weapons and poured out of the camp in a hula.

Caesar XIII opened the curtains and cast his indifferent gaze in that direction, only to see that the soldiers had protected his carriage layer by layer, and the impermeable shield walls were erected all around, so that nothing could be seen outside.

Rather boringly closing the curtains, the emperor sighed wearily.

This is the third time I've encountered this kind of thing today!

After the arrival of the Demon Tide, those large insects that fled from the underground world to the surface also mutated, not only in the Sloh Continent, but even in the Mendes Continent, which did not have much relevant news before, news about these bugs appeared one after another.

Today, when I was on the road, I encountered a monster blocking the way, and I encountered a group of preliminarily mutated bison herds that fed the team, and now that they have been stationed, they have encountered those bugs.

I don't know if they are unlucky, or if the situation on the mainland is now generally critical to this extent?

Caesar XIII didn't believe this, and although he asked him to check it, he found nothing.

The things that happened along the way may or may not have been done by the nobles of the empire, but Caesar XIII didn't care, no matter how they tried to stop him, he had to negotiate with the orc gods.

As the 'god of war' of the orcs, the main god of the orcs took the initiative to choose to bow to them is the greatest sincerity.

Without war, fighting, and fighting, then as the 'God of War', he will have nothing, and even because of the 'voluntary surrender', he will be spurned by the entire orc clan, and there will not be many people who will continue to believe in him.

After admitting defeat, the belief in the main god of the orcs will quickly decline, especially when the news spreads throughout the orc kingdom.

Since the other party has already given so much sincerity, he has to make a trip.

Originally, he had planned to go by steam train, but thinking that the nobles might do anything to prevent him from going north, he abandoned the idea and took a horse-drawn carriage instead.

Although this will be slower, as long as there are no major problems, there will be time for it.

Caesar XIII clicked on the screen of his phone and looked at the messages that Gregory had sent him, and he frowned again.

"That group of bastards......" The emperor couldn't help but scold, during the time he left the imperial capital, that group of guys made a lot of trouble, the Praetorian Guard also suffered many casualties, and even some people directly fell into a state of mental confusion, acting normally on weekdays, but as long as they touched related things, they would become quite crazy.

Moreover, this crazy mental state is difficult to cure, even the priests of the Radiant Church can only slowly guide them, and even propose to let them believe in something to ensure their spiritual stability, otherwise there will definitely be a big problem.

It had only been almost a month since he left the Imperial Capital, but since the third day, many abnormal events have occurred in the Imperial Capital every day, and sometimes it takes the action of the transcendents stationed in the Imperial Capital to solve them.

Now the imperial capital is quite normal on the surface, but secretly it is not in chaos.

The sewer area has been completely turned into a gathering place for monsters, and every night someone reports hearing something, even through a layer of floor tiles, which can't stop the movement of monsters from clashing and spreading to the ground.

There were even things like 'the ground suddenly collapsed' and 'a monster suddenly came out of the ground', which made the people of the imperial capital panic now.

But no matter how angry Caesar XIII was, he could not afford to abandon this trip to the north.

Negotiations between him and the orc gods were imperative, and the war with the orcs consumed a lot of the empire's strength, and without the orcs in check, they could have put more power into the war with the Black Forest.

The pressure on the southern front is increasing, although the R&D department and the manufacturing department are trying their best to develop new weapons and equipment to ease the pressure on the southern front, but as time goes by, the proportion of casualties on both sides gradually increases, even if the conscription continues, it will not help, the mortality rate of recruits on the battlefield is quite high, even if they are allowed to stand at a distance and shoot with firearms, they may kill their comrades.

Now they are already recruiting adventurers and mercenaries to join the battle, but some of the monsters and monsters within the empire also need adventurers and mercenaries to exterminate, so as to share the pressure of the army......

Whatever the reason, he must stop the Empire's war against the orcs!

But the short-sighted nobles couldn't see this, and they didn't even bother to understand the situation on the southern front.

Monsters and monsters are difficult to communicate with and cannot do business, but orcs can, for the sake of war, they will willingly trade with humans, and since there is no such thing as money in the orc country, they can only trade with humans with equivalents, and most of the time these equivalents are ores and gems.

In that poor place, only these things can be used to trade with humans, and when they are traded, there are often 'premiums', so when those noble smugglers go to the orc country and come back, they can make a lot of money, not to mention the nobles themselves.

This kind of thing is repeatedly banned, because the 'nobles' who carry out the order are themselves vested interests, how can they really prohibit these things?

What is really restricted are those civilian merchants who have no background, only a bad life and want to take risks, and smugglers with aristocratic backgrounds behind them will never have an accident unless they are caught red-handed!

Just as Caesar XIII was thinking about how to negotiate with the orc god after arriving in the north, there was a knock on the window of the carriage.

He vigilantly pulled back the curtains, but did not open the window, which seemed fragile but was actually so strong that it could only be opened from the inside.

Caesar XIII looked at the knight outside the window, without saying a word, waiting for him to speak first.

Then he saw the knight lift his mask and report to him in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, our psionic sorcerers have discovered traces of the Mind Flayer, and it may be that the Mind Flayer has manipulated those bugs to attack us. ”

"Mind Flayer?" Caesar XIII asked angrily, "Didn't you say that the Mind Flayer had been destroyed?"

The knight was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, to say something not very nice, it may be that someone helped them hide it, so ......"

Who in this land can do such a thing?

"Bastard!" the Emperor slammed the carriage angrily, and the whole carriage shook as a result.

Aren't those guys afraid that they will be controlled by the Mind Flayer? Wouldn't they be worried about their families if they did such a thing, even if they weren't afraid?

Although it was only 'possible', Caesar XIII knew very well that it was only because the psionic sorcerers who accompanied the team did not dare to make up their minds that he said 'possible'.

In fact, that's just the way it is!

The emperor's face was cloudy, and after thinking for a moment, he looked up at the window and said in a cold voice: "Let the soldiers have a good rest, arrange the people who keep vigil, and arrange the 'electromagnetic fence', everyone needs a good rest, if there is nothing major, there is no need to wake up everyone." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Receiving a response from the knight, the Emperor leaned back and sank into the soft seat.

But at this time, his face was very ugly.

I'm afraid it's not just 'Mind Flayer', judging by the boldness of those guys, they may have 'adopted' the Drow Elves as well!

Although the Drow elves have darker skin, they are nothing more, they are beautiful, and they are said to be quite profligate, if those guys are not tempted, it must be fake.

Even he didn't expect that there were so many unstable factors within the empire right now - where did those guys get the confidence to feel that they could control the 'Mind Flayer' and the 'Drow Elves'?

A bunch of scum!