Chapter XXVI The Volunteer Army
"Cavalry, what does the king say?"
The cavalry sent to Teletham has finally returned. Adrien asked anxiously.
"King, King......"
"Speak slowly. β
The cavalry was somewhat incoherent.
"The king asked me to come back and tell you that if you spread any more rumors, you will send someone to replace you and ......"
After a little rest and relief, the cavalry trembled and told the story of what had happened to Teletham the other day.
"And for what?"
At this time, Adrien couldn't help it, before Leo was exiled, as a member of the Knights, Adrien was puzzled by the king, and now, Gerardi gave this knight a worse impression, although he was the king, but when he dealt with things, he was arrogant and weird.
"And the death penalty. β
After the cavalry finished speaking, he waited for the fury of his commander.
But the frightened scene of the cavalry did not appear, and Adrien laughed......
"Now, do you know what has become of our king?"
Leo sat aside and said calmly.
"Captain, you guessed it right, the king doesn't take any threat in his eyes except for the orcs. β
Adrien finally understood Leo's feelings when he was exiled.
"But orcs are no longer a threat. β
Leo said, his eyes melancholy looking at the endless Gobi Desert in front of him.
"Zerg, the Zerg army will surely reroll this world, and we saw only a small part of it that day. β
Adrien was preoccupied, but Leo continued. Indeed, the border city has been garrisoned for ten years, and none of the orcs have ever threatened the city, but these insects that appear outside the city at this moment, if they can build a nest underground, then it means that in the future, they will ignore any fortifications, what city walls, fortresses, insects do not need to attack, they can directly emerge from the ground, or fly to the sky, and raid humans and orcs, in that way, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will not help, and the high wall barrier, which mankind is most proud of, will become a pile of decorations.
"Alas, you say, Commander, I listen to you, what are we going to do next?"
Adrien let out a long sigh, making this decision was tantamount to treason. But for the sake of the survival of millions of human beings, the great knight decided to give up his comfortable life. Fortunately, Adrien does not have any family and can devote himself to the so-called cause without any worries.
"We prepare our own army and gather all the warriors in the city who dare to face the giant worm, this is a volunteer army, no salary, no benefits, no security, only the most righteous warriors can join such a team, to face the threat of death, to protect their city and their families. β
One last glance at the dusty Gobi, Leo withdrew his gaze and calmly told Adrien what he thought. In fact, Leo had been thinking about this for a long time, and it seemed that Khradi had been controlled by some evil force, and many times Leo felt that this was not the prince he knew a few years ago, but someone else. Therefore, such an act of treasonous behavior is no longer considered treason, but only maintains the only trace of justice that mankind has.
"But if it weren't for the Zerg attack, the soldiers and civilians in the city wouldn't believe us, after all, the giant worm is too bizarre. β
Adrien voiced his concerns, indeed, before seeing giant bugs, who would have imagined that there were such monsters in the world, evolutionarily speaking, this is possible, but to maintain the energy of such a large size, how much food can these bugs ingest every day to ensure their reproduction? Human civilians are not stupid.
"When the swarm does attack the city one day, it's too late. β
Ever since that day he had seen the terrifying lethality of the giant insects, Leo had gained some understanding of the aggressiveness of the Zerg, who were like scheming conspirators, lurking in the darkest corners, waiting for the perfect raid and then catching their prey. If the Zerg really want to attack the city on a large scale, the city will fall in one day, and it is estimated that no one will be able to escape such a terrifying slaughter.
"So what are we going to do?"
Adrien continued. At this moment, Leo seems to be back in his role as a mentor, guiding the members of the Order on how to deal with evil and danger.
"Every day, lead a team to patrol the edge of the desert, trying to find the molted beetle or other favorable evidence. The worst-case scenario is that the patrol will be attacked again, but either case, the population will trust us more, as long as there is evidence. Last time, we retreated in a hurry without a shred of evidence, and the populace preferred to believe that we were attacked by wild beasts rather than some giant worm. β
Leo said, his heart full of worry. After all, it was illegal to recruit troops privately, and anyone in the city who whistleblower that he had not recruited a full squad would be arrested by the Praetorian Guards in Hradi. Summarily beheaded for treason.
Claiston, a large human city in the north.
Compared to Calvanas in the southern part of the mountain range, Claiston City is much larger, and it is a fringe of the northern savannah, where human territory borders orcs. In the first orc war, the steel tribe led by Bloodroar razed the city to the ground in three days, and the scale of the rebuilt Cliston was not as large as before, the original eight districts were now reduced to five, and the walls were no longer so high, it turned out that the siege weapons of the orcs had been well improved in the era of Bloodroar, if it were not for the towering defense system like Tyletham, the general city walls were like paper paste in front of the orc catapults, so in the next ten years, many human cities no longer regarded the city walls as the first defense toolγ
However, unlike Cliston ten years ago, there is now a huge arena in the center of Cliston, and after Hradi ordered the resumption of gladiatorial matches, large arenas have been built in various places, and the large circular arena in Cliston is undoubtedly the largest in the entire northern urban agglomeration. Covering an area of 2,000 square meters, the oval-shaped arena is divided into five floors, the upper four floors are civilian seats, and the lowest floor is the VIP seats of the nobles, just like a football field, the lowest floor of the audience has the best vision, and the nobles always occupy the most advantageous position.
"Bram, wait for me to defend on the left side, you will take care of the attack. β
Abdul-Jabbar, who was about to appear again, stood in the exit passage in the basement, and the human gladiators next to him and his team directly read it to Abdul-Jabbar in a commanding tone. Defending the left side, this is nonsense, because Abdul-Jabbar and this human gladiator are chained with their hands and feet, and neither can fight alone from anyone. In the beginning, gladiators who had no name had to do this, and at first they were always the targets of slaughter. And the human being who is tied to Abdul-Jabbar today is on Abdul-Jabbar's left, and he is given a shield to defend the left side, which is equivalent to caring only for himself.
"You'd better be quiet for me, I'm in a bad mood right now. β
was already used as a tool by Olos, and with these self-righteous human gladiators here, Jabbar was indeed in a bad mood. There was an urge to pinch him to death with one hand. But until you are free, you can only endure it.
"You're arrogant, and we don't know who will be the first to be a skeleton. β
The human gladiator said in a high-flying voice. At this moment, Abdul-Jabbar suddenly felt sad for the arrogance of these frogs at the bottom of the well, although the human gladiator tied to him next to him seemed to be very strong, but judging from his immature face, it was estimated that he was in his twenties, and he had not experienced a real battle, he had not experienced the battle with tens of thousands of enemies on the battlefield, and he had fought with more than a dozen gladiators before, and he had become the only capital that this human race could be proud of, but he did not know that the capital he was most proud of was as naΓ―ve as a child winning a game in Abdul-Jabbar's eyesγ
"Roar, roar, roar. β
The door to the arena's basement was opened again, and the familiar scene, the sun shining into Jabbar's eyes, followed by a long gladiatorial fight?