Chapter 8: The Dying Kingdom
"Your Majesty!"
Estes was shocked.
Chitong looked at Estes's movements, a little puzzled.
"What's wrong? Checkmate? ”
"No... It's nothing! ”
Estes realized his gaffe and hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that it was nothing.
It's nothing?
Naturally, there is.
Estes suddenly thought of what he was talking to Heaton this morning.
It tells the story of the love and hatred between the general and the emperor, the plot is exaggerated, the characters are exaggerated, and ordinary people will only give a garbage evaluation when they see it.
But Estes liked it.
But like to like, Estes has never taken it seriously, and he can distinguish between reality and reality.
After all, she Estes can also be called a book that has read countless books, how can she be affected by one?
And the plot development in it happened to be the clip where the general and the emperor appeared, but it happened to talk about the weak emperor and saved the strongest general!
"Hiss~"
No way! When pigs fly!
Estes shook his head in his heart, denying what had happened today.
Facts aside, the difference is huge.
The background of the world, the distress situation is very different from the present, and naturally it cannot be exactly the same.
"What do you think about love, General?"
Suddenly, Estes seemed to hear Heaton's words asking him.
"Nope! Of course not! ”
Estes slapped the table and stood up.
"Huh?"
Red Boy looked surprised and looked at Estes who suddenly stood up.
"General, are you unwell?"
"No, no, no, ah, yes! I'm full and I'm still a little tired, but I'll be fine with a break! ”
Estes shifted his words and explained.
"Well, wait a minute, general, I'll solve it right away!"
Hearing Estes's words, Chi Tong looked at the plate of meat left on the table, instantly picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth, and said inarticulately.
"Whoa!"
Chi Tong quickly cleaned up and pushed the food cart out of Estes's room.
Estes sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about what had just happened and the humiliation of his own fall into the sea.
Thoughts can't help but drift outward.
When will you be able to see the last chapter that Your Majesty said...
......
"I promised the last chapter of General Estes today, and I have to write it as soon as I go back!"
Inside the room, Heaton couldn't help but think.
Today, Estes's desperate efforts are due to Heaton's lack of thought, and as compensation, Heaton can only focus on Estes's few hobbies.
Ever since he learned of Estes's interest, he and Gozzi had decided not to let street books influence Estes's thoughts.
Therefore, after that, every book that Estes saw was the book that the two of them wanted Estes to see after checking and confirming that it was correct.
Sometimes, on a whim, Heaton would write a little bit by himself, but he didn't expect Estes to be very interested, and even recommended himself to watch it.
"How do you write the last chapter?"
Heaton's mind couldn't help but think of Estes lying in his arms.
The boring life at sea is on again.
The brocade guards repaired the ship's damage during the battle.
However, because there is no material, the mast should not be considered.
Unexpectedly, the breeze blew, facing the huge land, and even the waves were helping to propel the ship along.
In fact, even if there is no direction, as long as the speed does not decrease, the ship will definitely not move away from the giant continent.
While everyone felt magical, they also longed for Heaton from the heart.
This is the power of Your Majesty!
It was boring in the cabin, so Heaton changed his clothes and walked outside.
The crowd has recovered, and there is no sign of a shipwreck.
Brand seemed to feel his inadequacy, and was wielding a spear at the moment.
The dancing spears escaped in all directions, and the moment Heaton came out, Brand stopped his movements to avoid disturbing the Emperor.
"It's okay, go ahead, General Brand!"
"Yo! That would be rude, Your Majesty! ”
Brand had just warmed up and was not yet happy, and since the emperor had ordered it, he naturally continued his exercise.
Gai Yin was holding a telescope and looking at the giant continent.
"How?"
"Your Majesty, it is estimated that it will not be possible to arrive today, and according to the current speed of the ship's advance, it will arrive at noon tomorrow at the earliest!"
"It's just right, to give everyone a night's rest, just finished a battle, and psychological and physical exhaustion is inevitable."
It was already afternoon, the sun was gradually receiving, and the sea breeze was cooling.
Time passes.
As the ship sailed, the red sunset disappeared into the giant continent.
The stars clocked in to work, squeezing out the moon, and the blue night sky was full of twinkling stars, leaving a river of stars.
In the bow and stern of the ship, on the deck, and in the cabin, everyone sat on the ground and looked up at the starry sky.
"It's beautiful!"
Metz sighed, the scene in front of him made people forget all their troubles.
This is something that cannot be seen in the imperial capital or even in the high ground of the king.
It seems that power has obscured the sky, and even on a starry night, people in the imperial capital are reluctant to look up at the starry sky.
Maybe someone looked up, but what they saw was not the starry sky.
"Where's General Estes?"
Returning to his senses, Heaton looked around and saw no Estes.
"Haven't you recovered yet?"
"Hmm~ General Estes said..."
Akato, as the person in charge of taking care of Estes, replied to Heaton, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.
"I'm fine, Your Majesty, I'm recovering well!"
A cold voice came, and Estes, dressed in military uniform, stepped on high heels and came to Heaton's side.
"That's good, General Estes has worked hard today!"
"For Your Majesty!"
The breeze blows, and Estes has a smile under the brim of her hat.
She took off her military hat and sat down beside Heaton.
?
Heaton looked back at Estes in surprise, but saw the corners of his mouth smiling slightly, and Heaton immediately turned his head and continued to look at the stars in the sky.
Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Gai Yin hugging Cornelia not far away!
Hiss~
This stinky boy!
Heaton remained silent, feeling Estes' fluttering hair brushing across his face, his mind a little confused.
What's the situation? How do you feel that something is wrong?
No way?
Heaton turned his head and looked at Brand who was peeping at him, and the moment he was discovered by Heaton, Brand immediately looked up at the sky and pretended not to see anything.
Seeing Heaton's movements, except for the lingering Gai Yin and the two, everyone looked away from the peeking eyes and followed Brand to look up at the sky in unison.
"It's beautiful!"
Estes's combat alertness seemed to be absent, and he suddenly spoke.
"Huh?! yes~"
Heaton replied.
At this time, on this boat, only Heaton Estes and Gayin Cornelia sat together in pairs.
......
The Eastern Continent was far farther than expected, and it was not until the early morning of the third day, when the morning light shone, that everyone came to the shore.
It wasn't until I landed that I felt my insignificance.
Different from facing those super dangerous species, even if the super dangerous species have a coercion on human beings with their huge size, they lack the sense of ancient vicissitudes.
And the continent in front of them, when Heaton and the others were down-to-earth, they seemed to feel the passing of time, and that sense of vicissitudes came to their faces.
Big!
This is the most intuitive impression.
Old!
It's a feeling that comes from my heart.
"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of coming to this continent?"
"There's no purpose, just to find nature!"
Heaton replied to Brand's inquiry.
"But on the sea, don't you see her?"
"Keep going!"
Heaton didn't answer, commanding.
The people abandoned their ships and stepped into the forest.
The trunk of the tree hugged by hundreds of people has become the norm, and Heaton and the others walk here like a swarm of ants.
No, not even as good as ants!
Within a few steps, Heaton saw a row of ants walking past him, each the size of a newly equipped chariot of the Imperial Army.
However, the ants didn't seem to see Heaton and the others, and the route remained the same, walking towards the behemoth farther away.
It was a skeleton with rotting flesh on it.
Seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was secretly frightened, and Estes and Brand couldn't help but get close to Heaton to protect his safety.
Since the ants are all this size, what about the other creatures?
Along the way, everyone saw all kinds of creatures, all kinds of insects, wild beasts.
Heaton felt as if he had entered a primordial forest, but the difference was that he and the others had been changed in size by a magical force.
Fortunately, all kinds of creatures seemed to look down on the little one of Heaton and the others, except for the difficult terrain, the thick roots that were intertwined, and the thick fallen leaves, they did not encounter any difficulties.
"Your Majesty, that's!"
Gai Yin in front seems to have discovered something.
Following the direction pointed by Gai Yin, through the trunk of the tree and the dappled light and shadow, under a huge tree root, there was a small stone house.
Of course, it is small compared to this tall tree, which can be used as a dwelling place for normal humans.
"Is it inhabited?"
Estes asked.
"Probably not."
Heaton shook his head, the stone slab house in front of him was extremely dilapidated, covered with traces of time, and huge mossy vines covered his body.
Even the house was slanted, as if it had been squeezed open by a tree trunk that had suddenly grown, and it had fallen to the side.
"Speed up!"
Heaton ordered, telling the crowd to quicken their pace.
All of you here are martial arts and strong people, and even Jinyiwei is one of the best in a million.
Originally, the speed of walking in the woods was not slow, and while conserving physical strength, it was still easy to climb over the roots of the trees like a mountain.
In spite of this, the crowd had been on the road for half a day, and it was now close to noon.
has been moving forward aimlessly, which is inevitably a little boring, but the sudden discovery in front of them makes everyone have to be happy.
It doesn't matter what you find, you just have to find it.
Heaton's order was given, and he was also churning through the woods, as if he were walking on the ground.
Walk past the slate house and continue in this direction.
Is that...
I saw more and more stone slabs under my feet, although they were far away, they were already very close compared to the huge woods.
"Community! A community that has died! ”
The view suddenly opened up, and an endless lake appeared in front of me, overgrown with weeds beside the lake, and animals drinking and resting in the distance.
The wind blew gently, and the weeds bowed their heads, revealing the ruins of the town hidden in the grass.
This is no longer a simple stone house, and even the beginning of civilization.
The ruins of a broken town sit right in front of you.
Everyone walked among the weeds, and under their feet were the stone pavement grasped by the grassroots, and the buildings made of polished stone, some collapsed, some well preserved.
Heaton leaped lightly, like a bird, and easily jumped up to the tallest relic building, while also allowing his eyes to look beyond the weeds and the entire lake.
"Your Majesty, there are still there, even in the water!"
Estes stood beside Heaton, pointing to the lake.
In the distance, at the junction of the lake and the ground, there is a half-submerged city.
"I'm afraid this is a country!"
In front of him, Heaton couldn't help but think of the imperial capital.
Looking back, these buildings should be the same as the imperial capital, densely clustered.
But I don't know how long it took, eroded by the wind and sand, trampled by wild beasts, and consumed by time, only a little bit of hard stone remained, and it was barely distinguishable.
Heaton remembered what Rika had said.
The former Eastern Continent was the place of origin.
In this way, these towns should be the civilization of human ancestors, but now, they have become such a scene.
He originally thought that the people of the Eastern Continent would be a tribal civilization that drank blood, but now it seems that he underestimated it.
Yes, how did tribal civilizations derive alchemy technology?
But did this group of people live in such a tall world back then?
No, it's not!
Suddenly, Heaton realized something.
That's how big the Eastern Continent really is.
A country is like a nest of ants in the Eastern Continent, small and fragile.
In this way, just one Eastern Continent would be larger than the other four continents combined!
"Hello, Surrogate!"
A gust of wind blew, leaving a pleasant sound in the air, and there were even words composed of obvious air currents.
"Nature?"
The sudden appearance of the scene interrupted Heaton's thinking, he didn't expect that he would naturally be waiting for him here.
But with the gentle voice of the wind at the moment, Heaton couldn't connect her to the storm and waves that had preceded her.
Tempered down?
Suddenly, a silent wind blew.
The silence was because it couldn't be heard, and the wind was because Estes next to him suddenly fell.
As if he didn't expect to be attacked suddenly, Estes in mid-air widened his eyes, rolled over, grabbed the edges and corners of the tower with his right hand, and wanted to continue back to Heaton.
At the same time, looking at the wrinkles between her eyebrows, you can imagine the anger that has accumulated in her heart.
"General Estes, I'll talk to her first."
Hearing Heaton's voice above, Estes, who had just tried to exert his right hand, had to relax.
Release your right hand and land on the ground.
"Humph!"
As soon as he landed, Estes let out a cold snort and leaned against the stone wall of the tower, clasping his hands on his chest.
Gassy!
Under Estes's gloomy expression, there were clenched teeth and clenched fists.
"What about Your Majesty?"
Brand 's voice rang out, a little strange as to why General Estes had come down alone.
Estes glanced at Brand and didn't speak for a moment.
?
Brand is confused, what's the situation?
Quarreled?
"Your Majesty is talking to nature!"
Estes spoke at this time, his tone cold.
Brand raised his eyebrows, didn't reply, and walked away in a playful way, not disturbing Estes, who was in a bad mood.
What to do? I can't help it!
I can't beat it, I can't say it, and even Her Majesty treats her as an equal.
Even though he knew that the other party was not human, Estes was still in an extremely bad mood.
Wait, sooner or later...