"Long live Your Majesty."

With the sound of metal colliding, the man with the sword on his back strode closer, and only stopped three meters from the tea table, kneeling on one knee. This is a middle-aged man who looks to be less than forty years old, with a good appearance, two thick beards, neatly trimmed, making him look quite serious overall.

"Ah, Matthew." Seeing the person coming, the old city lord immediately smiled, took the initiative to get up and walked over to help the man, patted him on the shoulder hard, and said with a smile, "Why are you back again?" Isn't it that I didn't eat enough lunch just now, and I'm not going to let me go, it's been more than 20 years, and your meal is still so big, hahahaha, don't worry, after your triumph, I will personally set up a banquet for you tomorrow night to celebrate, and when the time comes, all kinds of ingredients are guaranteed to let you eat to your heart's content, hahahaha. ”

"Your Majesty teased." Matthew, who was wearing armor, blushed, scratched his neck and lowered his head to laugh, but just laughed a few times, suddenly as if he was thinking about something, his legs were together, the heels of his combat boots collided, making a crisp sound, and at the same time, his right hand hit his chest, and said in a solemn voice, "Report to Your Majesty, one hundred soldiers of the First Legion of the City Lord of Donggu City have been assembled, ready to fight for Your Majesty and defend Your Majesty's glory with their lives." ”

"Good, good, worthy of Matthew, worthy of my general, will never let me down." The old city lord burst into a hearty laugh, put his arm around Matthew's neck and said with a smile, "I will allow you to go on the expedition, bring all the war weapons you want to bring, and show the power of my Donggu City, and let those who are skeptical see how powerful our personal guard is." ”

As he spoke, the old lord glared at the baron dissatisfiedly.

"But, Your Majesty......" Matthew's upright face showed an embarrassed expression, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly knelt down on one knee again, bowed his head with a flushed face and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my offense, but this expedition is really ...... Really ......"

The old city lord slowly let go of his hand, and his face sank.

"Your Majesty, in the past twenty years, I have watched Donggu City expand from a town to a city little by little in your hands, and I have always followed behind you, defeating all the enemies who come to attack, you know me, and I, Matthew, have never been afraid of any enemy." Matthew gritted his teeth and said loudly, "But only this time, I hope Your Majesty can think about it again, the leader-level mutant is too powerful, even if it is supported by the war vehicles of the whole city, it is too dangerous for humans, especially as His Highness and the Third Highness have mentioned, if the resistance is not enough, if you look at it a few more times, you may mutate on the spot, in this case, only let the one hundred soldiers of the first legion go out collectively, and if the second legion stays and waits, it is likely to have huge casualties, and in the end, it will not be able to kill the mutant, which is not good for Donggu City." Your Majesty. ”

"Matthew, my friend." The old city lord said with a calm face, "Then what do you suggest?" ”

"Your Majesty, I suggest that the whole army go on the expedition." Matthew didn't care about the city lord's face, and said urgently, "The elite with the highest resistance is drawn from the two legions to form the first echelon, and the first echelon will lure the mutants away from the entrance, and will be responsible for hand-to-hand combat to prevent the mutants from moving." The rest of the people formed a second echelon, entered the edge in batches, and controlled the remote output of war vehicles near the entrances and exits, and once they felt mentally unstable, they immediately returned to the present world and replaced them with the next batch to go out to fight. Your Majesty, the leader-level enemy is too strong, we must concentrate all our forces into one punch to win, if we divide the power into two or three times, not only can we not break its defense, but it will be broken by monsters individually, and a large number of fighters will be lost, and it will be too late to regret it then, Your Majesty. ”

"So, you think my idea is unrealistic?" The old city lord's attitude became more and more weird, but his voice became more and more gentle, "Do you think that my personal guards, the warriors you brought out single-handedly, can't deal with that monster outside at all?" ”

"Your Majesty, I definitely didn't mean that." Matthew shook his head vigorously and said loudly, "Of course, your loyal warrior is not afraid of that monster, but, however, there is no need to use just the same strength to deal with it, excellent tactics are to use more manpower, stronger strength, and superior strength to achieve victory, in order to exchange the smallest sacrifice for the greatest gain." ”

"Well, then you're trying to say that I don't know tactics at all, I just command indiscriminately, and your command is much better than mine, right?" The old city lord's voice was calm and terrifying.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood, I just want to minimize the loss and lose a few brothers." Matthew anxiously explained, "Those are your most loyal guards, and the death of one is a great loss for you, Your Majesty, you can think about it again, I ......"

"That's enough." The old city lord slammed his fist on the tea table beside him, and roared with a hideous expression, "I don't know that the dead are a loss? I don't know if I should send enough people? The troops have been dispatched, what if something happens in the city? You tell me, what to do? ”

"The ...... of the Temple"

"What's wrong with the temple? I just want them to see that under my rule, Donggu City is strong and strong, and its strength is extraordinary, whether it is defending the city or going on an expedition, it can easily win, even the gods are not allowed to underestimate my city. The old city lord's expression was distorted, and he roared, "My order has been given, and it will not be changed again, I will ask you, Matthew, do you plan to continue to question my decision here, or do you hurry up and prepare for the completion of the mission?" You've been with me since you were young, and for so many years, don't let me down in you. ”

"For Your Majesty." Matthew slapped his right fist on his chest and replied loudly, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the Pro-Guard will do everything in its power to complete the mission. ”

"Obey orders and do your best, this is the Matthew I know, this is what my general should be." The old city lord's expression soothed, patted Matthew on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Go, let the boys prepare well tonight, eat happily, and fight hard for Donggu City tomorrow." Tell them that they don't have to worry about their families, that I will take care of each of their families, and that tomorrow when they return from victory, I will personally toast them. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Matthew slammed his heel again, then turned to leave, not glancing at His Highness and Babu the whole time, but even as he turned, Babu and Monica heard him sigh softly in despair.

"This Matthew, he's just too cautious." The old city lord stared at the back of his departing general with complicated eyes, and it was not until Matthew had disappeared from sight that he sat down again, and when he looked up again, he had already regained his smile, and said with a teacup, "Speaking of which, I would like to thank you for this, thanks to your help, I was able to find the hidden danger on the edge of this round early." If you don't find out, if you are bumped into by a passing traveler, they don't know that this is the outskirts of East Valley City, or we will be discredited. Hahaha, you saved the honor of our Donggu City, thank you, thank you. ”

"Your Majesty is too polite, if you don't blame us for being troublesome." Babu nodded with a smile, raised his teacup in the direction Matthew had left, and said appreciatively, "This is your general?" Loyal and resolute, strong and calm, what an admirable person. What are you...... Send him to clean up that mountain of corpses outside? ”

"Yes, don't look at this guy who is usually cautious about everything, but as long as he pushes it, he can burst out with infinite potential." The old city lord half-closed his eyes, tasted the black tea in the teacup, and laughed softly, "Although the leader-level monsters are strong, our warriors in Donggu City are not easy to mess with, they have never embarrassed me, and this time will be no exception, you just wait for tomorrow's celebration banquet, hahaha, when the time comes, I will definitely invite you to taste the specialties of our Donggu City, and see how the food is better than your Vera King City." Forget it, let's not talk about these disappointments, but halfway through the conversation, those who are deeply loved by the gods are said to be able to get all kinds of benefits, either overt or secretly, and some can even be young forever, is this true? ”

"Hehehe......" Babu took a sip of the teacup, his movements were slow, his expression was full of mystery, in fact, his mind was spinning rapidly, and after a while, he said lightly, "Your Majesty, there are indeed such rumors, and there are quite a few of them, but it just so happens that I have never seen such an apostle, so I can only say that our luck is not good." Oh, if you're interested in this kind of question, ask Abby, who has been serving the gods for many years and knows a lot more than we do. ”

The old city lord smiled uncertainly: "Abby has indeed served the goddess Ira for many years, but Lord Babu, don't you?" Which one are you familiar with, Diana, the goddess of Vera Royalty? ”

Babu frowned secretly, unable to figure out what the old city lord wanted to say, let alone who Diana was, but the look on his face was as always, maintaining a meaningful smile, taking a sip of black tea, and gently exhaling a mouthful of tea-scented breath: "Whew, good tea, really good tea." ”

"Hahaha, I see." The old lord didn't understand anything, and laughed and said, "No wonder you know Abby, and you can still be invited by Ira, but you are not her followers. ”

"Oh?" Babu said lightly, "Is Your Majesty so sure of my identity?" ”

"It's just irresponsible speculation, don't care, don't care." The old city lord's face changed slightly, but he immediately regained his smile and said casually, "This fool of my family has finally done a smart thing in the past two days, that is, he invited the two of them back, you two must stay for a few more days, don't be in a hurry to leave." ”

"Such a good city, even if I am driven away, I am reluctant to leave, not to mention, our companion is injured, and we have to recuperate in this world for a few days, so although Your Majesty can rest assured, we will not be able to leave in a short time." Báb said meaningfully, "What's more, the goddess Ila wants to pass through us, and ...... Ah, it's nothing, anyway, we have to bother for a while, and please don't think your majesty is annoying us, hahaha. ”

"That's a good thing, it means we still have time to talk slowly." The old city lord laughed again, but before he could say anything, one of the previous entourages ran over from afar, leaned into the old city lord's ear and whispered a few words, the old city lord looked happy, got up and made an inviting gesture to Babu and Monica, "It's too coincidental for the two of you to come today, it just happens to be our gladiatorial day, you must experience it once, come, I'll take you over." ”

So saying, the old lord led the way in front like a diligent master, and Babu and Monica smiled at the baron, who had been left behind by the old lord, and the baron made a helpless gesture behind the old lord, and chased after the old lord, and followed the old lord with his hands down, like an obedient child.

This time I didn't go far before I reached the empty field on the side of the castle, which was supposed to be a training ground or something, but now the purpose has obviously changed.

In the middle of the empty field, a huge iron cage was erected, which was much larger than the one seen in Fist Storm before, with a length and width of more than twenty meters, and it seemed that it was very spacious inside. The ground in the cage is paved with heavy bluestone, and the surface of the bluestone is clean, but some brown traces can still be seen in the rough cracks.

The group walked to the vicinity of the iron cage, someone had already set up the table and chairs, the tablecloth was full of exquisite refreshments, the tea was neither lukewarm nor hot, just enough to enter, and tasted the high-grade black tea in the afternoon sun, there was an indescribable leisurely and comfortable.

There was a clanging of metal in the room behind the iron cage, and three shackled and ragged prisoners were pressed out and pushed into the cage, the prisoners did not seem to be tortured, and there were no obvious external injuries on their bodies, but everyone was terrified, their faces were pale and trembling.

The prisoner in the cage saw the old city lord sitting leisurely outside for the first time, and immediately pounced on the cage, grabbed the cage and cried to the old city lord: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty spare your life, I am loyal, I really respect you, I didn't mean to smudge your portrait, you just give me another chance." ”

The three prisoners cried at the same time, and for a while the crying around the cage was endless, and everyone in the three prisoners burst into tears, but the old city lord still had a gentle smile on his face, and said to a few people through the iron cage: "I also want to believe in your loyalty, but after all, you have made mistakes, and I can't believe you in plain sight." Therefore, today is to give you a chance, you have successfully lived, it means that your repentance is sincere enough, and you really have the heart to repent, then the previous things should not have happened, but if you fail to live, it can only prove that the confession you say is just an excuse to get rid of sin, then I can't blame me. ”

As he spoke, he nodded to the servant beside him.

Several servants skillfully threw a few daggers into the cage, and then opened a small partition door in the corner of the iron cage that led to nowhere, and as soon as the door opened, a violent dog barking sound came out, and with several black shadows flashing at once, there were already four more large mastiffs in the cage that were half a man tall. The mastiffs had been hungry for some time, their eyes were red, their mouths were drooling, and as soon as they entered the cage, they let out a low roar at the three prisoners.

The three prisoners screamed and fled to the corner of the iron cage as soon as possible, but no matter how big the cage was, there was a boundary, and the three of them could only cling to the edge of the cage, desperately watching the four dogs outflank them.

"Hehehe, no matter how many times you watch it, you can't get tired of it." The old lord smiled kindly and said to Babu and Monica, "How do you feel?" ”

"Heh, heh......" said Babu with a chuckle, "Actually, we prefer to take a gamble by the way than to sit and watch a gladiatorial fight." ”

"Oh? Do you have this interest? The old city lord looked quite happy, "Okay, then I'll gamble with the two of you, you two think it's ......."

"Heh, I bet none of these three people will die, they will all survive."