Chapter 461: Hell Shadows
It has been a month since the dragon-blood queen Moriel led the defeated remnants of the Nigon army to retreat to the city, except for the symbolic messenger sent by Serren at the beginning to offer condolences, the remnants of the Nigon army stationed outside the city of Sindesbae are almost closed, and the entire camp is as dead and silent as a cemetery, except for the logistics personnel who are daily purchased.
"Smack!"
A precious crystal goblet was smashed to the ground, and the crimson liquor splattered everywhere like blood, staining the eyes of most of the Nigons in the camp.
Looking at the traces of the fall of the wine glass, on the steps, in front of the tall Blood Agate Throne, Moriel's chest rose and fell violently, and the eyes of the messenger below were cold and resentful, like looking at a dead man.
"Is that what Cyril meant, or is that what Serren meant?" she asked coldly.
"Back to His Majesty Moryl's words, it is His Majesty Serren's meaning, your army has been stationed in Sindesbair for a while, and the use of so many troops has brought a lot of pressure to the city, although in the spirit of friendship between the two countries, Lord Cyril has tried his best to dispatch, but you also know that the resources of Orif are limited and the land is barren, and the molten sulfur fire land cannot grow any crops, so Lord Cyril is helpless about this, and can only reduce the supply to your army. β
The emissary with the goat's horns with the devil's head stood on the crystal shards and the red wine all over the floor, not minding that Moriel's glass had almost hit him, and ignoring Moriel's cannibalistic eyes.
"What if we buy it with gold?"
Morriel asked through gritted teeth, the thin dragon scales had crawled all over her neck, and those who knew her well knew that this was a sign that she was already furious and ready to kill, but at the moment she could only endure it.
"Unfortunately, Your Majesty, this is not a matter of gold coins, as I said before, because Bracada blocked the exit from the ground, it is also quite difficult for Orf to get supplies, this must be better known than me, Sindesbai was originally an important town of Over, there are 30,000 defenders stationed in Over, these troops have to eat every day, and the more than 10,000 troops that need to be supplied to you can support a month is already Lord Cyril thinking of the friendship between the two countries. β
Although he kept claiming Moryl as His Majesty, there was no respect in the envoy's tone, especially when he mentioned the comparison of military strength between the two sides, he also vaguely strengthened his tone, and the meaning was naturally self-evident.
"Fart !!"
Moryl suddenly interrupted the messenger's performance with a loud roar, she had paid each other 50,000 gold coins at one time when she formed an alliance with several demon lords, but these demons of Orver only scattered her to gather a partial division of less than 10,000 to help, if it weren't for the dozen or so hell barons in the team, she would have turned against Aiden on the spot.
And then because of Lear's sudden appearance caused her to fail to seize power, in order to obtain the protection of Cyril and others, she paid the price of 30,000 gold coins and countless private treasures, Cyril and others also swore that they would let her gain a foothold in Over and choose the opportunity to counterattack Nigon, only in the past month, she actually moved out of the king's order to cut the supply to her by sixty percent, and what made her even more angry was that Serren was already a puppet that had been set up, even if everyone knew this in Nigon, but she couldn't use this as a foothold to refute, because on the surface, the lords of Overer still recognized Serren as the king, if she tore off that fig leaf, which will immediately offend the demons of the entire Ofer.
"Did that old immortal Hadwal send someone to contact you? Tell me honestly, I will never treat you badly. β
After the magnificent chest rose and fell violently a dozen times, Morriel finally endured that breath, and she kept telling herself in her heart that it was not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, although she had tried to tear the arrogant demon in front of her to pieces no less than a hundred times, but reason had always warned her that now was not the moment to be impulsive.
In front of this situation, the attitude of Cyril and others suddenly changed, if there was nothing to do with the Nigon side to kill her, she would not believe it, although she hated Cyril and others for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, but she also knew that the phoenix in distress was not as good as a chicken, and now she failed to seize power and retreated to Over, Cyril and others can still leave her a place to stay is already considered to be nostalgic for the old feelings, if she turns against Cyril because of this kind of thing at this time, even if she can kill Cyril and occupy Sindesbae, but then the devils fight back like a tideοΌ
And if she really did this, wouldn't she just follow Long Zu's wish.
Hearing this, the messenger's hanging horn eyes, which were whiter than black, spun around a few times, as if he was considering the interests of this, but after a few hesitant flickerings, he finally turned into a smiling expression in the corners of his eyes: "Your Majesty said that you are laughing, Lord Cyril's friendship with you is so strong, how can you be provoked by the Dragon Ancestor, and besides, I am just an errand messenger, and I really have nothing to say about the affairs of the big people." β
After saying that, the envoy looked at Moryl with a smile, and without waiting for her to reply again, he said directly: "The letter has been brought, and the envoy will not bother Her Majesty with military affairs here, if Her Majesty still has any dissatisfaction, you can go to the City Lord's Mansion to explain to Lord Cyril in person, but your Excellency is also busy with military affairs during this time, if it happens to be out on patrol and inattentive, I hope that Her Majesty Haihan." β
The implication was to let Moryl accept this fact and stop making a fuss, this time he came to make a final notice, after saying this, he pretended to bow to Moryl and strode towards the outside of the camp, but just as his left foot was about to step out of the camp gate, he suddenly stopped and turned to face Moryl: "By the way, there is still something to report to Her Majesty." β
"What?"
Although she no longer had any hope for Cyril, Moriel's heart still raised a trace of expectation, if nothing else, the things that this messenger only thought of before leaving must not be a particularly important matter, and the things that were not very important to Cyril may be good news for her now, but the messenger's next words almost didn't make her lungs explode, if it weren't for Jedt and another sorcerer who hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, Morriel almost rushed up and tore the disgusting face into pieces.
"It's not a big deal. The goathorn messenger smiled lewdly, glancing imperceptibly at Moryl's snow-white chest out of the corner of his eye, unaware of the impending catastrophe.
"It's that recently, there have been a number of cases of missing warriors in the city of Sindesbai, from the lowest-level monsters to fire elves and even demons, this matter has alarmed Lord Cyril, although I know that it has nothing to do with Her Majesty, but I also ask Your Majesty to restrain your soldiers not to move around at will, otherwise it will not be good for us to cause any misunderstanding during the investigation, it is this small matter, so the little envoy has taken his leave. β
After saying that, the messenger also pretended to bow to Moryl again, but this time it was no longer the angry wine glass that answered him, Moriel directly turned into a blood shadow and appeared in front of the camp gate in an instant, the slender five fingers stuck the messenger's neck like a deadly subway hoop and lifted him up from the ground, and the green tendons were exposed from her bare tiger's mouth and forearms, and with the red vertical pupils, there was no need for any superfluous movements, and the entire big tent was immediately filled with a burst of monstrous killing intent.
"Your Majesty!
Jedette and Kashgar, who had been standing beside Morryl, were shocked when they saw this, and they didn't care that Moryl was angry and immediately spoke to stop it, not only that, but a light blue light quickly broke away from Jedette's palm and rushed to the camp gate, but the target was not Moryl, but fell on the messenger's body, and after the light entered the body, the messenger's body, which had stopped struggling, suddenly shook violently like an electrocuted earthworm.
It turned out to be a healing spell.
"Your Majesty!
Jade and Kashgar rushed to Moriel's side and knelt down all the time, how could they not know the anger in Moriel's heart, let alone the queen, even they were eager to kill Hinders and take Cyril's head under such a domineering insult from the messenger, but what about after killing Cyril?
With Offer's counterattack and Nigon's two-sided attack, Bracada choked the entrance to the ground again, where in the world is there a place for them?
"Get out of here, go and tell Cyril that I will remember all the kindness he has done to me today, and I will repay him a hundredfold if I have the opportunity in the future!"
Even if he could easily break the neck of this messenger who didn't know whether he was alive or dead with a slight amount of force with his fingers, but Moriel didn't do that after all, in the shadow of the Dragon Ancestor, he begged for more than three hundred years of humble forbearance, and his spiritual cultivation could not be compared to that of an idle person?
She slammed the messenger to the ground outside the camp gate, and the dull sound of the heavy object falling to the ground came a series of broken bones, looking at the evil ghost's bleeding eyes and confined and breathing more and less breathing, even if he didn't die, he was afraid that he would be crippled for the rest of his life, and the envoy entourage waiting outside the camp tent saw this, where did he dare to let out a fart, and he raised his goat horns like a dog and rushed out of the camp of Nigon, only wishing that he had eight legs and ran slowly, and Morriel suddenly became angry and changed his mind and sacrificed the Black Dragon Banner with themγ
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Not only Jade and Kashgar, but all the sorcerers and generals in the camp who were qualified to attend this meeting all knelt on the ground and professed Moryl's wisdom, and no one dared to say a word about her serious injury to the messenger.
"You guys did a good job, I just lost my temper, and this won't happen again. β
After more than ten seconds, Morriel personally picked up the two of Jedt and Kashgar on the left and right, and at the same time motioned for the others to return to their positions on their own, and it was clear that she was not lucky to be able to get to this point in such a short time, but after she had such an attack, the eyes of everyone in the tent could not help but be clouded with a layer of melancholy.
"Your Majesty, Cyril has drastically reduced the supply of our army, what should we do in the future?"
Of all the sorcerers who followed Morriel to Ofer, Jade was a well-deserved leader in terms of prestige and strength, so at such a moment, such an unpleasant question that everyone cared about could only be asked by him.
"How long do you have enough food in the army?"
Moriel is worthy of being the queen of dragonblood, and after being angry, she immediately understands that the most important thing at the moment is how to get through the predicament, so instead of being angry at Jedt's recklessness, she asks solemnly questions.
"According to the normal ration, it is only enough for half a month, but if the quota is reduced without counting the loss of combat power and morale, it can last for twenty-five days. β
Hearing this, Jade glanced at the quartermaster in the corner, and although the quartermaster trembled in his heart, he also gave a fairly accurate answer, but as soon as his answer came out, there was an immediate gloomy mood in the tent.
"I know, I will discuss the matter of military rations with Cyril again, at present, I will first ration the soldiers according to the quota of seventy, the generals and I will be rationed according to fifty percent, the quota of the sorcerers will remain the same, and the captains will work hard to appease the soldiers under them, the difficulties are only temporary, as long as we get through the current crisis and get in touch with the inner responsibility of Nigon, we will definitely be able to return to Nigon again, and when I ascend to the throne one day, I will not forget the common suffering of you today. β
Worthy of being the queen who has played with the power of the heart of the soul to the place of perfection, Morriel only dissolved the negativity in the field with just a few words, and everyone's eyes flashed with great excitement after listening to this passage, and some even had tears flashing.
"I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
"One more thing, didn't the messenger say that there was a strange case in Sindesbai, pick a few shrewd and capable people to investigate, and if you find the culprit, don't kill him, but bring him to me. β
She didn't continue to stir everyone's emotions, because Morriel knew too much, and there was a ready-made excuse, and she smoothly pulled everyone's attention in another direction.
"Your Majesty, ......?"
Jade was stunned when he heard this, the envoy had already made it clear that they should restrain the deployment and not move around at will, and Morriel still wanted to participate in such a seemingly inconsequential trivial matter, in his opinion, it was very unwise, I am afraid that the anger just now has not subsided, and he is still thinking about how to make a stumbling block for Cyril.
"Do as I say, I have a hunch that this matter is by no means as simple as the messenger said, rest assured, I am not waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, at this time I know what to do. β
Without waiting for Jedette's next words of persuasion, Moryl waved his hand to interrupt him, and the latter could only shake his head helplessly when he saw this, he knew that the queen had made up her mind, there was no room for persuasion, and besides, under the premise that Morriel was already in an extremely bad mood for such a trivial matter, he also felt that there was no need to insist, so he nodded and saluted Moryl immediately, and walked out of the account to arrange for people.
When everyone had walked out of the tent and Moryl was left alone in front of the throne, she sat down wearily on the edge of her chair.
"It's better that I feel wrong, or if you dare to break into the Ofer single-handedly, I will definitely strip you to the bones to vent my hatred!"
Facing the torches struggling in pain in the tent, Moryl suddenly muttered viciously.
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