21. Uninvited guests
Elivan and Andre were happy when they returned with a full load, and the chef and the cooks in the top hats set up improvised charcoal stoves with four or five grills on them, each of which was filled with the best pieces of meat that had just been taken from their prey, and the weeds and juiced fruit that had been picked up by the boys who were patrolling around, and Eliven brought out a few barrels of fine ale from the golden-trimmed rose cellar, which again drew the cheers of the crowd, and all those who were not on duty gathered around the fire and drank freely, and the old leader took out the lyre, and with a little playing, the light music began to sound, and several young men also sangThe dance caused the crowd to laugh, and the wanton and wild joy drove away the fatigue and boredom of the long journey almost immediately, and waited until the next morning, when they were able to continue their journey with enthusiasm. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Life is like this, after a period of depressed and cautious progress, you must need a wanton happiness, singing and drinking with good friends, bragging and chatting, so that the tired heart can be relaxed, let go of everything that has passed, and travel lightly again.
Of course, Eliven and Andre, who don't like the hustle and bustle, naturally did not participate, the two of them found a gentle place on the hillside not far away, and Andre took action, summoned earth and fire, and formed a simple earthen oven in a few seconds, Ellevin took out a yellow leg of lamb from the ring, and quickly cut out a thick stack of meat slices with his dagger, and Andrei casually broke a dozen tough branches from the thatch next to him, skewered the meat slices, sprinkled some spices, and spun skillfully on the oven。
Orcs from the barren stone plateau can not plant, weave, or even cook, but the skill of barbecue is something that every orc must master, because in that barren land, their three meals a day are inseparable from meat, and adult orcs are extremely independent and aggressive creatures, if an orc can't learn to barbecue before the age of five, then he will definitely not grow up, under the influence of this environment, Andre's barbecue skills are absolutely not questionable, Elivan finished cutting the meat, he carried a bottle of his favorite red fruit wine, lazily lying on the grass, closing his eyes and feeling the night breeze, full of comfort。
The little wolf he brought is now Wendy's personal pet, and the girl always has no resistance to these fluffy little things, Elivan just wiped his face when he returned from hunting, and the two dirty little things were affectionately held in Wendy's arms, and he pinched the fat pieces that usually felt uncomfortable even when he was close to tease the whining wolf cub, and the strange donkey stared at the two big eyes, and poked his head into Wendy's arm curiously with long ears, looking at the two little monsters chasing the meat slices, and after a few minutes, he lay in the carriage sleeping with a snort and a nonchalant face。
yes, these 2b donkeys are lying down and sleeping, and I don't know who is used to it.
Now Wendy is probably staying in the carriage to bathe the two wolf cubs, Elivan thought about it a little boringly, and I don't know if Wendy will like them when the two wolf cubs grow up, that's the black wolf of Oz, the legendary devourer of life who came to this world with bad luck and calamity, but it is estimated that no matter what she says now, she will not leave those two cute things, so let her play, anyway, she doesn't have the spare time to take care of them.
"Come, try it! Charcoal-roasted yellow sheep, this is a top dish that non-distinguished guests can't use in the barren stone plateau, but it's a pity that the yellow sheep here is just an ordinary species, not as good as the bit yellow sheep on the barren stone plateau, that ghost thing is said to have a trace of the blood of the dragon of the wind of Bitlos, and the meat is delicious and it is not like a mortal thing. ”
Andre handed Eliven a piece of meat that had been examined, and then picked up a skewer by himself, and sighed while eating, and Eliven took a bite of the crispy and spicy barbecue, his eyes lit up, and then he quickly finished eating the barbecue in his hand, licked his lips, and then glanced at Andre with his eyes, and said mockingly, "It's like you've really blown it~"
"I'm going to say I've actually eaten it, can you believe it?" Andre took the bottle from Elivan's hand, looked at the left and right, took off his helmet, relaxed his breath, took a big sip of the bottle, and then wiped his mouth and said with a wicked smile,
"Hehe, I remember that it was three years ago, one day Longtan was very excited to hold a tribal meeting, saying that the ghost wolf clan would hold a grand meeting of the eight clans, so he asked the best hunters in the clan to hunt with him and prepare the best gifts for the upcoming chiefs, so he took sixteen of the strongest headhunters to stay in the Korla Snow Mountain on the barren rocky plateau for seven days, and only seven of the sixteen headhunters came back, but the prey they hunted back was definitely a rare boutique in a hundred years, I vaguely remember that there were eight bitt yellow sheep, two still alive earth rhinos, seven blue-feathered thunderbirds, and seventeen eggs of bipedal flying dragonsThe most precious of them is a dragon turtle that is said to have lived for three thousand years, and in order to catch it, even the powerful Lontan was injured, and most of the damaged headhunters were killed by this dragon turtle. ”
The orc took another sip of wine, and his tone became low, "There is my master in it, he is too old, and Longtan didn't want to take him, but I know, I am the only one who knows the reason why the old man insisted on joining the hunting party, and he wanted to help me fight for my rightful place before he died, so he went, and paid for his life to save Longtan's damn dog thing from the mouth of the rampaging dragon tortoise." ”
Elevenn was also silent, he reached out and patted Andre on the shoulder, who showed him a grin, and then continued, "The death of the master did keep Longtan in mind, and my life has been much better since then, but I know the mind of that dog, he is just doing it for the people, and in his heart, I can't even compare to the little finger of his shitty sons, so why should I give everything for the shitty ghost wolf clan?" Hehe, on the day when the other seven chiefs arrived at the Ghost Wolf Clan, I deliberately "accidentally" revealed the location of the Bit Yellow Sheep in front of the sons of those chiefs, and I also stole a lot of liquor from the treasury in advance and put it there, and you can probably guess what happened later. ”
Eliven smiled, no wonder he and Andre had a good sense of fit, both of them grew up carrying heavy things from childhood, and they always took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to take out their opponents at all costs.
"They stole and ate five yellow sheep, and even came back triumphantly carrying a piece of sheep bone, and threw it to me like a dog, saying it was a "reward", but it didn't matter" Andre's brown eyes flashed with a hint of forbearance and viciousness," Even if the mutton was covered with dust and blood, I didn't care, I would accept everything they gave me, I needed to get strong and then use the power they gave me to strangle them one by one, but unfortunately Rontan seemed to notice this, so when the eight clans needed hostages, he recommended me without thinking, and then abolished my elemental heart with his own hands and drove me out of the barren stone plateau, at that moment, I really wanted to give up. ”
"And then you met us?"
Elevenn grabbed the last skewer of barbecue and asked vaguely as he ate, "No wonder you were so calm in front of a human, you thought of death at that time, right?"
"Yes, I thought I might as well be dead to live like that. A smile appeared on the corner of Andre's mouth, but in an instant, he put on his helmet again, and said angrily, "It's a pity that the first time I saw you, I knew that you were definitely not a good fellow, and I smelled the same kind from you." ”
Elivan laughed and stood up, threw the empty bottle far into the darkness, then wiped it on his belt with one hand, lifted the red pistol, and pulled the trigger without even looking.
"Bang!"
"Uhh
"It seems to be the Ring of the Gods!" Andre said with a puzzled expression, touching his helmet, "It is said that the Thunderhoof Clan found the Ring of the Gods that was lost on the Dragon Battlefield more than forty years ago with the help of that human wizard, so the eight chiefs got together to discuss the re-election of the "Great Chief" But I always feel that there is something in it, after the big chief died on the battlefield, the spirit ring disappeared strangely, because of this, the unified tribe was split into eight clans, Longtan was personally experienced in that war, when he was still the big chief's personal general, he had no reason not to know the location of the disappearance of the god ring, why didn't he go to pick it up himself? When the minotaurs and trolls were still united, as long as he got the Ring of the Gods, he would definitely be promoted to the rank of Great Chief. ”
"Wait! What ring are you talking about?" Eleven's heart suddenly began to beat violently when he heard Andrei's words, and an absolutely crazy conjecture suddenly appeared in his mind, but this had to be confirmed by Andrei.
"Ring of the Gods! You humans don't know the traditions of the Wasteland Plateau, why has it been more than 40 years, and the divided tribes have not been able to unify again? The reason is here, the successive Great Chiefs will only be recognized by everyone after taking the Divine Ring and entering the ancient god ruins of the Dragon Plain to complete the Chief Trial, otherwise they will be a "pseudo-king" who will be overthrown at any time However, due to the loss of the Orcs in the Northern Campaign to the Dragon Plain, even the ruins of the ancient gods were occupied by your human alliance, and the disappearance of the Ring of the Gods, the Barren Stone Plateau will always maintain a divided situation. ”
Eleven's heart beat two minutes faster, and he had a hunch that he would get a piece of the truth he had been seeking from Andre tonight, so he sat back on the ground, thought for a few minutes, and then asked, "How did the orcs record the Northern Battle forty years ago?"
Andrei glanced at Elavin with strange eyes, as if wondering why this guy was suddenly interested in the history of orcs, but he still honestly told what he knew, " In the history of the orcs, the cause of the war is no longer known, but it is nothing more than that at that time, under the leadership of the great chief Juerno, the powerful tribe wanted to seek more land, so it launched a war against the Holy Del Empire, in the early days of the war, the Horde's offensive was extremely smooth, and even once approached the northwest hub city of the Holy Del Empire, Kauroldas, in the eyes of the orc general at that time, maybe only one more victory was needed to completely crush the Holy Del Empire, but in the "Northern Covenant" After the release, countless mercenaries, wandering knights, wild mages and even homeless refugees who flocked from all over the continent quickly enriched the strength of the human northern frontier front, so the war entered a brutal stalemate, which lasted for almost a year, and then the biggest turning point came, when the big chief took the Ring of the Gods and Kukaron's troops to the ruins of the ancient gods to worship the god of war, he was attacked by the despicable sneak attack of humans, and the assault army led by the wild mage stopped Kukaron's crazy assault almost regardless of casualties, and then before the orc tribe arrived, the human reinforcements arrived first, the two sides fought the most brutal battle in the history of the Third Age at the site of the ancient gods. ”
"The Battle of the Bloody Mills! By the way, there it is! Sass has told me more than once that he is one of the last few thousand who survived that crazy flesh war. ”
Elevenn shouted in his heart, but he remained silent on the surface, and continued to listen to Andre's story, but in his mind, all the fragments of clues about the ring that he had found before had gathered together, and he could already faintly see the general course of the incident.
"It was the first historical defeat of Kukaron since it was established at the beginning of the Third Age, and they fulfilled their oath not to take a step back and die to the last man! After Kukaron was completely wiped out, the Great Chief was also shot by a super-large-scale spell of the Mage Regiment, and died on the battlefield so bravely, and the Ring of the Gods was also missing at that time, and after the death of the Great Chief, the original tribal alliance was quickly defeated, and in the end, the Dragon Plain was handed over to the humans, and even the most sacred ancient god ruins were occupied by the mage group of the Holy Del Empire, until now. ”
Although in his heart he never regarded himself as an orc, such a glorious epic war ended in a shameful defeat because of the death of a hero, which couldn't help but make Andre sigh, but Elivan's next sentence shocked him in place,
"No, Andre, the orc's record is wrong, the human alliance has never set foot in the ruins of the ancient gods!"
"No way! I've entered Longtan's tent several times, and there's no way wrong with what it says!"
"I know, but I'm afraid even Rontan and the other seven chiefs don't know, in fact, the human alliance did occupy it at that time, but after the war, when they wanted to enter the ruins to check, they found that they had already been occupied by a huge number of undead creatures, so the mage group may indeed be there to stay, but they never really obtained the right to occupy the ruins of the ancient gods. Elevenn spread out his hands and shook at Andre, "This is not a secret in the circle of human mages, and I wonder why you haven't gotten any definite news after more than forty years!"
"Obviously, someone deliberately concealed all this! And this person's status on the Barren Stone Plateau will definitely not be too low! At least it will not be lower than Longtan!"
Andre almost instantly restored the truth of the facts, his eyes outside the helmet flashed with a mysterious look, "No matter who that person is! His purpose is almost achieved, the Ring of the Gods has reappeared, and the new Great Chief must enter the ruins to accept the test if he wants to gain the approval of the entire Barren Stone Plateau, and the humans will definitely not give up the territory in their hands, so Mr. Grand Chief must take his army and fight with the humans fiercely, after he won the victory by luck, when he entered the ruins with great satisfaction... ”
"Mr. Great Chief will look at the huge number of undead creatures crowded in front of him with a bewildered expression, it is a terrible force that even the Holy Del Empire can't get rid of, but he is already riding a tiger and is difficult to do, isn't it?
Elivan almost muttered to himself to make up for Andrei's unfinished words, he felt a five-body awe at the moment for the strategy of this black hand hidden in the northern frontier, secretly instigating the collision of the two world's top forces of the Holy Del Empire and the Barren Stone Plateau, under the backdrop of this kind of largesse, the little movement he made in the gray plain was simply unworthy of carrying shoes, and the indescribable frustration came to his face, making Eliven feel a little depressed, " Can I really defeat such a big black hand?"
"Really... What a big deal!"
Andre also stood in place, also trembling at this terrible conjecture, and what was even more terrifying was that there was almost no way to avoid this kind of future, in which every force had a reason to fight to the end, and this was a naked conspiracy, even if you knew it, people were not afraid of you at all, because no matter what you did, things would go according to his plan.
Will the Great Chief give up power because he has insight into the conspiracy? Will the Human Empire let the orcs enter the Dragon Plain because he has insight into the conspiracy? Not to mention the undead who stand in the way.
The two people who were shocked at the same time stood quietly on the hillside, the night breeze was still blowing gently as always, but at this moment neither of them had any interest in enjoying it, and suddenly, Elevenn asked Andrei with a wry smile, "Guess who will be the doomed "Great Chief"?"
Andre pursed his lips, his face suddenly looked a little unsightly, "I hope it's not that megalomaniac of Longtan, I'm still waiting to kill him with my own hands!"
At this time, a noisy sound suddenly came from the camp where the hillside was being happily barbecuing, and at the same time woke up two depressed guys, Andrei put his hands on the ground, closed his eyes and waited for a few seconds, then stood up and said to Elivan, whose eyes were shining with blue light, "It's a group of stalker guild pursuers, who wanted to force their way into the camp, but they were stopped by Carl, but the attitude of those guys is really unpleasant!"
After saying that, he heard a click of reloading, and turned his head to see that Elivan was taking out bullets with strange light from his pocket and stuffing them into the nest, as if noticing his eyes, the guy took out a special black ammo bag from his ring and threw it to him,
"Use this when you're beating!
There was some kind of strange light in Eleven's eyes, he twisted his neck, the gray pistol turned around in his hand a few times, and then landed in the palm of his hand, then he picked up the shotgun on the ground that was already full of bullets, clicked the bullet to load, and turned his head to look at Andrei,
"You know what, I'm super upset right now!"
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While Elevenn and André were talking, Wendy was bathing her new pet as he said, but anyone who has ever had a pet knows that this is definitely a thankless job, but luckily the wolf cubs have not yet grown their teeth and claws, so even the violent struggle is just to put some more water stains on Wendy's clothes.
"Woo woo
The wolf cubs who were soaked in the basin screamed bitterly, as if their new owners wanted to drown them alive, and the strange donkey stood by with a strange smile, and whenever the little wolf cub wanted to climb out of the basin, it raised its hooves and kicked it down, and the wolf cub kept crawling, and it kept kicking, and had a lot of fun.
"Come here, Finley, be a good baby, you know?"
Wendy grabbed a wolf cub with one hand, called the names she had just given to the two little pets, and kept brushing it with a hair brush, the sound of one master and one pet one after another was quite complementary, coupled with the bad laughter of the strange donkey, for a while there was a noise in the carriage, but just when Wendy had just finished brushing Finley and grabbed another wolf cub, Anakin, the beautiful woman with water stains suddenly stood up, grabbed the wolf cub with one hand, and took out her small pistol from the pouch behind her waist with the other, and aimed it at the young elf who had secretly climbed into the carriage, pulling one arm and having a blood-stained face。
"Wait... I can solve it..."
"Bang bang bang!"
Without giving the young man a chance to defend himself, Wendy, who knew Elivan's teachings well, pulled the trigger to the bottom, and the six metal fixed bullets that flew out all shot on the elf young man's body, bursting out of blood flowers, and the elf man's body was also hit by the impact and hit the car wall, and some of them slid limply to the ground, blood splashed everywhere.
"My boyfriend is a very sensitive person, so I only need your corpse, not your explanation!"
Wendy put the little pistol in front of her mouth and blew it, then put Anakin down, who had been struggling in her hand, and took out a magazine full of magic crystal bullets from the pouch, skillfully changed the bullets, and said to the strange donkey who had been watching her before opening the car door, "Protect them, Murphy, don't play stupid, or your carrot feast will be gone." ”
After saying that, he opened the car door and jumped down, and the strange donkey tilted his head to look at the two wolf cubs who jumped out of the basin and began to play on the ground, their big eyes were full of chagrin and impatience, but the donkey is also a smart guy, it knows the difference between the master and the hostess, and once Wendy, who almost never tells it to do anything, gives an order, then it had better do it perfectly according to the requirements, so it simply picked up Finley with its mouth, and then flicked its tail, rolled up the escaped Anakin, and walked to the grass nest in the deepest part of the carriage, and protected the two wolf cubs behind him with his body。