Chapter 287: A War of Tongues?
"Are you stupid or crazy?" said Siegel, "stop this ill-advised plan of attack!"
The long hall fell silent, and no one spoke, except for the sound of a campfire burning. Siegel stood at the foot of the steps, and Kerry the Giant sat on the throne, the two staring at each other. Then, the new Khan King of the steppe slowly stood up, his huge body like a tower, enveloping the entire hall.
"Very well, I expected you to stop me, after all, it is not in your own interest. Kerry held the crown with his hand, a ring made of gold and adorned with a bird's head carved in silver. The crown was small and weak compared to its owner's hand, but it weighed down the giant's head like a mountain.
"Siegel, you may think I've changed, but I haven't. I will still welcome you, hug you, and call you my brother as I have done in the past. I will entertain you with fine wine and good food, and send blessings for you to rob you of the reassurance of a beautiful woman of my tribe. But I'm really stingy with what you have to say. I am the king of the northern steppe, and you are a lord of the south, comparable to a tribal leader under my command, why should I listen to you?" he raised his right hand and pointed to the pale man with a hooked nose beside him and said, "I have my own wise man, and he serves the well-being of our group of steppe people, not as selfish as you!"
Standing on the first step of the stairs, the eagle hooked nose bowed respectfully and said with a soft smile: "No matter how majestic the king of horses on the earth is, he is just a livestock grazing with his head bowed, how can he compare with the eagle in the sky." All he could see was grass within a radius of ten miles, and the king was concerned about the fate of all living beings on the entire earth under the vast sky. ”
And then. He turned his head. He looked at Siegel with a solemn expression. He laughed dryly, and then said, "As for you, 'Dragon Slayer', this title is derived from the world. You have indeed been helpful to the Jackdaw Tribe in the past, and you will receive the warmest hospitality in this long hall for it. But keep your mouth shut, for the king does not want to listen to your rhetoric. We are warriors, we are eagles, we are an unstoppable force in the steppe!"
Siegel looked at him. Like a tiger staring at its prey. Even if magic can't be cast here, Siegel isn't bare-handed, and he still has twenty-sided dice that will never be affected. With just one thought, Siegel turned on his vision and looked at the stranger in front of him.
"Who should I be, it turned out to be a colleague of the Mage Federation. Siegel smiled and said, "Where did you put your wand and scroll?The magic necklace and amulet on your body have no effect within the scope of the Holy Land, right?As a mage of Waterdeep, when will you be able to represent the interests of the steppe people?"
"You are pure slander, your king, you must be clear!" the man did not see the slightest panic, but still exuded a strong confidence. The ability of the Knox Fellows to control their emotions is evident. "How can I be a mage, how can I go around swaggering like this hypocritical liar? In fact, it is all for their own interests. ”
"You demagoguery, you lip prob, there's no place for you to talk here!" Siegel glared at him, his eyes glowing with magic making him fearful. Siegel then exclaimed to Kerry, "I don't deny that my idea is for my own benefit, but it is also for the Jackdaw Tribe! The storm is coming, we should strengthen the keel, tie the sails, and wait for better currents and wind directions!"
"Keep waiting, waiting for your currents and the sea breeze?" Kerry snorted, clenching his fists. "Lorenz is right, how many people does your Heim territory have, how many warriors can you have? I have 20,000 cavalry under my command, and if I mobilize, I will have 50,000 soldiers to go on battle. On this steppe, all the tribes are united and will die to take care of it. Supplies can be made everywhere, and attacks can be made everywhere. Why are the elves fighting me?"
"With them, you're calmer than you. Siegel looked around, "Where is Mysella, why don't you come out and dissuade you from this stupid idea?"
"Stupid? How dare you say that?" Kerry jumped off the throne and stood in front of Siegel. His body grew even larger than before, and ice continued to emerge from his naked muscles, forming crystalline hoarfrost. Siegel looked very thin in front of him, as if he could be hit with a few punches.
The people of the Black Wolf Tribe and the Red Sun Tribe all knew Siegel and hurriedly came out to dissuade them. Even Lorenz, the hook-nosed eagle, persuaded him with "kind words": "Chief, how can you call Siegel your blood brother, how can you clash over a sentence or two? As you know, elves are cunning and treacherous, and only those who are familiar with their tricks and know the intrigue can see through them. ”
Kerry froze for a moment, then burst out laughing. "That's right, I almost blamed you. Siegel, you're testing my patience with the elves' trick to see if I'm going to lose my self-control in anger?' That's a good idea, how did you come up with that?" he beckoned to the maid and shouted, "Come, come up with a good wine, and moisten my brother's throat!"
Siegel looked at Kerry, and the psionic vision could see the changes in the magic fluctuations in his body. When the power of ice appeared, there was an abnormal elemental change near the giant's head, as if some kind of spell effect was weakening. It's no wonder that the hooked nose named Lorenz tried to dissuade Kerry from calming down, probably because he was worried that the ice giant blood in his body would cancel out the magic they cast.
Outside of the Holy Land, Siegel had many ways to undo the power of Knox's mind control spell, and even if it was the "euthanasia" circle, he had found a way to cure and eradicate it. But the Holy Land suppressed all magic spells, and it seemed that Kerry wouldn't let people slowly examine his head.
The wine was served, and the dark red wine was like blood. Siegel clearly saw the magic aura, and the faint enchantment light rippled on the wine glass, I don't know if it was from this cup or from the wine.
Giant Kerry himself took the glass and handed it to Siegel, and Lorenz smiled and waited for Siegel to drink it. You can take out the Mage Lord in the South by the way. By the way, take control of the Mage Guild Spell Lab in Mir City. It would be a big credit.
What if he could use magical vision. Could he still refuse the wine brought by the Giant Khan himself? Such a disrespectful thing is enough to cut off the head. Although it is more beneficial than controlling his mind, the result of that will be happy to be seen.
Siegel smiled and took the glass, then with a grimace on his face, he poured it in Kerry's face. The red liquor froze and fell to the ground with a crisp sound. The glass was tossed into the brazier, and the remaining water quickly evaporated, making a sizzling sound.
Everyone in the long hall gasped and were at a loss for a moment. Kerry wiped the wine stains off his face with his large hands. The face is already very ugly. "What do you mean, Siegel?"
The mage lord unfastened his cloak and tossed it aside, puffing out his chest. His hands were constantly sparkling, as if he were still able to use magic. "I came from the Southern Realms to the Northern Prairies, and I came back to the present world from the dead silence of nothing, not to debate with fools. According to the rules of your grassland, under the witness of the three spirits, the right ones will stand, and the wrong ones will lie on the ground and repent. ”
He glared at hook-nosed Lorenz. The left hand opened suddenly. A green thunderbolt erupted from the palm of his hand, and a loud boom shook the entire long hall. Knox's wizard's eyes widened. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. How could someone be able to cast a spell in this place, and how could the power of the elements not collapse?
No one would answer him, and he couldn't do anything about the spurting lightning. It only took a flash of light for the power of the plasma to burn the flesh, and the original slander was now a distorted, charred mass of carbon.
The tribal leaders all stood up in panic, some dodging backwards, others trying to rush forward. Only the brightest people reacted in an instant, including the Black Wolf and the Red Sun. They glanced around, told their men to stop the faithful "helpers" who wanted to rush over, and shouted: "No one can draw his weapon in front of the king of the Khan, or he will be punished with rebellion!"
"No one but my father and my brother would dare to do that. Kerry clenched his fists, and the knuckles made a gragra sound. "Even if you are able to cast spells in the Holy Land, you are no match for me. ”
"Looks hopelessly stupid. Siegel looked at Kerry with a mocking look and put away the lightning in his hand. Using the plasma engraving on the skeleton, he could convert the stored energy into several spells, but here in the Holy Land, only pure plasma lightning could actually be fired, and other spells would still be invalid. However, you don't have to use a spell to wake Kerry up, and the same goes for fists.
So Siegel said: "Don't be so confident, when did you beat me? The king of jackdaws on the prairie, you have been stuffed with sycophants and have swelled to float, right? Come on, come on, I want to replace your brother who was cut into the heart today, and my father who was burned into ashes by the dragon flame to teach you a good lesson, don't think that you are invincible in the world with a broken circle on your head!"
Kerry threw a punch, and Siegel clasped his hands together while leaping backwards, completely dissolving the giant's power.
"Take your Ice Spear, I won't fight you with your bare hands. Siegel pulled out the stardust, the gray sword looking inconspicuous, but giving a great sense of threat. He continued to mockingly say: "I don't know if the king of the grassland can still use his father's weapons, let me see if you are a jackdaw or a frozen chicken!"
"I'll kill you!" Kerry turned around and pulled out his spear, and the force was so great that he ripped off a piece of the wall, and shards of wood flew around. He was furious, and the frost covered his whole body, and he was as powerful as a god descending from the heavens.
Siegel laughed and walked out, slamming Stardust at the door of the Great Hall before kicking it open. The cold wind blows in from outside, and the air is the freshest here.
When Manna saw the lord breaking through the door with her weapon, she immediately wanted to draw her sword and come to help. Siegel waved his hand at her, "Go find Mithela, the princess of the Black Wolf, and put the entire camp under martial law, and no one is allowed to leave." I suspect there is more than one enemy spy here. ”
A roar of rage rang out from inside the long hall, and Kerry swooped out like a battering ram.
"Get out of the way, I'm going to tear you apart!"
Siegel tapped the ground, and with a twist of his ankle, the elf's pace instantly accelerated. "Come, let me see what the Khan kings of the Northland are capable of!" (To be continued.) )