Chapter 146: A Deliberately Chosen Path?
This boring game lasted until the lunch break. The soldiers were so busy wrestling with each other that they were now eager to appear in the dining room right away. Although he was still unsatisfied, Prince Marcus still attached great importance to the time of eating, and he gathered everyone together and said solemnly: "Okay, I should be here today...... But the lunch for the two of you was canceled, because I'm about to leave for the Black Forest, which is full of magical creatures. ”
The fortunate ones who were ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince were, of course, Qi Lang and the three good brothers. Although Prince Marcus was so happy that he did not ignore the guards that Dodim had chosen for him in advance, and he now had a certain affection for Qi Lang, which meant that Qi Lang was now completely rescued, and he no longer had to worry about Lieutenant Colonel William's private punishment.
As for the cancellation of lunch, except for Owu, the other three didn't care too much, but Prince Marcus seemed to be the same as Owu, and he attached great importance to every meal. Of course, he didn't want to go to the so-called restaurant and hang out with the low-ranking soldiers, because he was worried that his arrival would cause unprecedented chaos.
His food had already been prepared by Lieutenant Colonel William, and it was enough to fill a square table of all kinds of roasted meat. At this time, Prince Marcus showed the noble qualities of Corporal Lixian, and distributed all the pieces of meat with a low fat content to the four retinues, and bravely challenged the fat himself.
After filling their stomachs, the four attendants changed into civilian clothes and took the fat prince to start this private visit.
Leading the way was Gulf, who was most familiar with the road, and Gila and Zilang, two good-looking fellows, walked beside Prince Marcus left and right, and "Damn Jenny" got the punishment he deserved and was thrown to the rear. According to Marcus's request, they had to behave as normally as possible, and they had to make sure that the original intention of the Weifu visit was not to make it obvious that they were guarding a noble and noble person.
This request was actually not very difficult, because Qi Lang noticed that the passers-by who passed by them were also familiar faces, some were soldiers of the 27th War Regiment, and some were idle personnel hired by Lieutenant Colonel William. They are all very good actors, even if Qi Lang's performances are not in place, they can still carry on their disguises smoothly and naturally.
Out of the west entrance of the town, within thirty minutes, you have already entered the boundary of the Black Forest. Of course, it was only a recreational resort on the fringes, far from the real danger zone, but there were still a lot of enthusiastic hunters here - Lieutenant Colonel William really didn't think about this point, because even the prince himself could see that there was no red deer or other prey here, how could the life of the hunters be so leisurely and comfortable?
"Is there a way you can get rid of them, Sergeant Gollum?" "Gollum" was Marcus's new nickname for Gurve, as he thought Gurve's name was a lot like the call of a cute bird. Although Gulf did not agree with this, it made him feel more connected to Schukin, but he had no way to resist and could only accept it with a smile.
"I have a solution, Your Highness. Gulf glanced at Qi Lang with a bitter face, although he saw that he was shaking his head, he didn't dare to refuse openly, so he could only choose a relatively compromise method as agreed in advance, "But that needs to run for a while, but in my opinion, it would be too disrespectful to let your noble body sweat out of disgust." ”
"It's okay, that's what I'm good at, I can run faster than an ostrich. The prince laughed innocently, "Now, let's start the race!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the noble prince had already opened his two thick legs and rushed towards the depths of the forest.
"Oops!" Qi Lang scolded secretly, and hurriedly glanced at several brothers, and followed closely together. And so, a magnificent scene appeared, all the creatures in the whole forest seemed to follow the big fat man, and even the robins who were resting in the trees were frightened and flew away.
Running is undoubtedly one of the skills that the Vortex Army is best at, especially Qi Lang is a master of this. However, even Qi Lang must admit that Marcus did not brag this time, he ran vigorously and firmly on every step, it seems that he still has some exercise in normal times, in order to catch up with some rare animals, he has done a lot of hard work for this.
The Orions were gradually being left behind, not because of their poor footsteps, but because they couldn't get too close, otherwise they would ruin the role of the painstaking management. On the other hand, Marcus's chosen route is unpredictable, always changing direction in the most wooded spots. Of course, that was also due to the fact that the hare in front of him was too cunning.
When Marcus finally stopped and crouched curiously in front of a clump of centenarians, the pretended hunters were gone. He managed to get rid of surveillance and finally gained freedom in the true sense of the word.
"Look!" cried the prince, in astonishment, "how beautiful this worm is! ”
Qi Lang and the others gathered cautiously, and immediately saw the magical little creature, the pink millipede.
"I advise you to stay away from it, Your Highness the Prince. The well-informed Gulf carefully pulled Marcus away, "It's highly poisonous, and our hunters here call it 'Killer Dragon', and I don't know the official name." ”
The prince looked at it reluctantly, as if he wanted to keep it in his heart.
"It's amazing," he exclaimed again, "and I now classify it as a bug that belongs to the Royals." And its name has already been decided. Well, that's it, I call it Jojo Worm because it's as pretty as Miss Joanna. ”
Hearing the name Joanna, Gulf secretly stuck out his tongue and glanced back at Qi Lang. Qi Lang really looked worried. Before yesterday, Qi Lang might have agreed with the prince's analogy, for he had always thought that Joanna was a dangerous nuisance, like the Jojo worm, who looked so glamorous, but in fact harbored evil intentions.
But after yesterday's meeting, Qi Lang's opinion of her has changed - she is a poor girl, living in the superficial glamorous, but her fate has already been planned by her greedy father.
Joanna had been knocked unconscious last night, and I don't know if Lieutenant Colonel William blamed her, but I hope he hadn't been ruthless and punished her for never going out of the house.
Probably dissatisfied with the wooden soldiers behind him, Marcus immediately felt bored without the company of applause and cheers. He let go of the beautiful goosebump-inducing jojo worm and straightened up, looking earnestly in all directions.
"It's not interesting. He seemed to have a new idea, "How about we go that way?" I promise you'll make great discoveries there." ”
It wasn't really a road at all, just a trail that could barely be passed through many tall oak trees. Qi Lang was unfamiliar with this place and didn't know where it would lead, but the path was winding south, and to the south of the Black Forest, it seemed to be ...... Snow Wolf Canyon!
It's a bit weird.
Although Gulf was the nominal guide of their line, Qi Lang thought back to it, and it seemed that the real guide had always been this stupid-looking prince!
An inexplicable heartbeat came up, and Qi Lang had to look at the prince in front of him differently: "Your Royal Highness, I remember you said that your destination today is the Black Forest, which is the place we are currently in. And if we turn that way, I'm afraid we'll have to leave the Black Forest. Are you going to reconsider?"
"I've heard that the Black Forest is so big, so big as you think, how could it be so easy to get out?" the prince still looked around leisurely, as if he were considering other paths, but he finally rounded back, "don't think about it anymore, just go there, and we'll set off at once." ”
The faithful Sergeant Goo hurriedly ran to the prince: "Your Royal Highness, I am familiar with the road here, and I can assure you that that road will indeed cause noble you to deviate from the way. That's the way to Snow Wolf Canyon, I don't lie to you!"
"Oh, Snow Wolf Canyon?" the prince thought for a moment as if he had heard the name for the first time, and finally looked back and laughed, "The name Snow Wolf Canyon sounds interesting, and I think it should be more fun there, since fate has brought me to this path, we should go with the word of fate." Forward, soldiers!"
"It seems to be very dangerous there, Your Highness the Prince," Jira came up and tried to persuade him, and judging from his look, he could probably have already seen that Marcus was deliberately trying to go around there, "I'm sure you've seen this place in the relevant books for a long time, isn't it?"
Marcus still smiled innocently: "I read a lot of books, I have to admit that I don't have so much knowledge in my head, who knows what is useful and who is not." But I still remember that as the heir to the Luhmann Empire, I needed to walk in every corner of the empire. So, no matter what danger he is, I have to take a trip to Snow Wolf Canyon. ”
Qi Lang frowned secretly. He vaguely remembered that Dodim had said at the ball that the prince should not be allowed to appear in any dangerous place, especially ...... Snow Wolf Canyon!