Lord Chronicle

Chapter 49 Talking to the Bull
On the second day, under the escort of Gein, the envoy continued to set off to the border of the Orc Empire.

There is a long border between Dinar and the Orc Empire. Due to the relationship between the two countries who have been at war all year round, the border area has been destroyed badly.Even though there have been no wars in these years, the friction was so small that it never stopped.

Along the way, there are destroyed villages, deforested forests, and charred farmlands that have been burned.Occasionally, I saw a village with people, but it was also dilapidated, and the villagers were ragged and disheveled.

Gain, who was riding with Sol, sighed: "The damage caused by the war is too great. Now there are many thieves entrenched on the border, including humans and orcs. They are all civilians whose homes have been destroyed by the war and have nowhere to go. But even so , these people are still reluctant to part with their homes, and come back as soon as it calms down a little bit, many of them were killed."

Although the same scene can be seen every time they patrol, the accompanying soldiers still cast their angry eyes on the orcs following behind the team.The orcs looked gloomy, because it reminded them of the same scene on the border of the orcs. Only Amada didn't notice it, and kept looking left and right curiously.

At noon, after turning over a hillside, a vast and endless grassland appeared in front of everyone.Gein said to Saul: "Just come here, and then you should go on your own."

"Ah, why? Have you reached the orc?" Sol was very surprised.

Gein was surprised and said: "Why don't you know? There is still a buffer zone more than [-] kilometers wide between us and the Orc Empire. Neither side can bring troops into it, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation of war. I can only Send you here, walk through this section, and the Orc Empire is on the opposite side."

"That's it." Sol said worriedly: "There won't be any danger, right?"

Gein shook his head: "Although there are many thieves on the border, they are all small in scale, and they don't dare to rob regular teams, so there should be no problem."

It seemed that he had known this for a long time. While the two were talking, Nick had already begun to direct the escort soldiers to pull the carriage down the slope.And because they were about to go home, the orcs were also very excited. There were wolf cavalrymen driving down the hillside with wolves, howling howling wolves.

"Then let's break up here." Sol also knew that he had to leave.

"Be careful all the way." Gein reached out to shake hands with him from the horse.

"By the way, Sol..."

"what?"

"Really don't think about it anymore, just leave Jessica to me."

"Because you are not really a future, I advise you to give up this idea..."

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After saying goodbye to Gein, the team entered the endless grassland.Perhaps because of years of war, there were not many animals to be seen along the way, and the weeds that did not reach the calf were undulating like waves under the strong wind, which was extremely desolate.

In the evening, after walking almost half of the distance, the team camped on a hill in the center of the grassland.According to this itinerary, we will be able to reach the Beastman Empire smoothly tomorrow afternoon.

Nick commanded the soldiers to cut down thick branches and sharpen them to make simple fences, and placed the carriages outside the camp to form a line of defense.The escorts this time were all the elite of the kingdom's army, and they did not slack off in the slightest because of the peace of the journey.

According to their habits, the orcs occupied a corner of the camp alone. After setting up a tent for Amada, the rest of the orcs lay down around the tent and spent the night cuddling up with the wolf.

These improved giant war wolves have high endurance and can endure several days of hunger after a full meal, thus saving the orcs from the trouble of carrying meat that is not easy to preserve.In fact, on the battlefield, these war wolves have always been fed by eating dead bodies.

The camp was busy, with soldiers coming and going everywhere, and even Jessica went to help the cook cook.Only Sol stood there doing nothing, and after blocking the way of others several times, he simply walked to the edge of the camp.

As the sun sets, the dark golden sunlight dyes the undulating grassland like a harvested wheat field.Looking down from the hills, the sunset that connects the sky seems to be burning the grasslands. The scenery is desolate and magnificent, which reminds Sol of the famous "Dengyouzhou Taiwan Song".

"My lord." Just as Saul was full of poetry and was about to sing "Remembering the world, alone and crying", Kip appeared beside him silently at some point.

"Wow..." Thor patted his chest repeatedly in fright.These guys from the Yeying Army are good at everything, but they like to play "Ghost Gone with the Wind" for nothing.

"What's the matter?" Saul asked strangely.

Chip looked at the grassland below like him, and said to himself: "There is also a big grassland near Mulamasa Province in Lulin. I used to take my men there to train..."

Saul knew that he was feeling homesick after touching the scene, and was about to say some words of comfort.But Chip shook his head and asked abruptly, "What do you think of this camp?"

Not knowing why he asked that, Sol couldn't help turning his head to look at the soldiers who were still busy in the camp.Although he doesn't understand military affairs, he has read books before, and he still knows some common sense about preparing for battle in the forest, climbing high and camping.

He shrugged: "The location is well chosen, and the preparations are well done."

Chip nodded: "You are right, that Nick is indeed a very rigorous general. But he obviously lacks actual combat experience. You must know that we are small in number, and even if we work hard to build fortifications, it will have limited effect. Once the enemy comes , these defensive facilities will not be of much use.”

Sol scratched his head: "That's what I said, but we will be able to reach the Orc Empire tomorrow, and there are only a small group of robbers nearby. Who will attack us?"

Chip hesitated to speak: "Since I entered the grassland, I feel that something is wrong... In any case, please suggest that Nick send some cavalry to at least scout the situation within 10 kilometers around. That way, even if something happens, we can have it This is the safest way at present.”

Saul knew that Chip was experienced and would not do useless things, so he nodded: "Okay then..."

Before finishing speaking, Jessica suddenly heard a loud voice: "Lord, it's time to eat."

Goo... Sol's stomach let out a growl, and he said with some embarrassment: "That's all right, I'll tell him after dinner. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Seeing Sol bouncing towards the camp, Chip shook his head helplessly.After walking two steps, he turned around suddenly, and saw a flock of resident birds faintly flying in the far distance of the grassland.

"..." After staring at it for a while, Chip shook his head in self-consciousness, turned around and walked towards the camp.

At this time, the center of the camp was already full of heat. Jessica and the military cook were guarding several cauldrons, cooking food for the soldiers. Her beauty made these young soldiers scramble to squeeze into her cauldron.

They were all pure soldiers, and they were not disturbed by this mission. After receiving the food, they sat on the ground in twos and threes, and the whole camp was full of their laughter.

The orcs over there also started to eat. They took out dried meat and other dry food, ate a mouthful for themselves, and then fed another mouthful for the war wolf. The rough and cold food did not stop their appetite.Different from here, except for the occasional howl of the war wolf, the entire orc camp was silent when eating, showing a tenacious and tenacious character that humans could not match.

Amada also walked out of the tent, and the orcs specially baked cooked food for her.But from the way she glanced towards Sol while eating, she knew that she really wanted to come and join in the fun.

Saul and Nick, and the two lieutenants sat alone at a marching table.Different from the bustling surroundings, the atmosphere here is a bit dull, mainly because of Jayers and Rondo's constant sighs, sighing for their own tragic fate.No one can be happy with these two guys with unlucky faces.

Too lazy to talk to them, Sol was eating with a bowl.For him, although he knows how difficult the future is, it is useless to think too much. It is better to keep his energy to deal with the difficulties in the future.

Nick naturally knew the danger of this mission, but he was a strong-willed knight, and he would never shrink back from the mission no matter how difficult it was.Sol's completely different performance from those of the two deputy envoys made him feel more comfortable with Sol's calmness.

"Your Excellency, are you sure about this mission?" Nick tried to find a topic.

"No." Sol didn't look up, and continued to struggle with a piece of beef.

His words made the hands of the two deputy envoys holding the bowls tremble, and the soup spilled all over the table, and their already poor appetites were completely atrophied because of these words.

"Oh? Don't you plan to think of something?" Nick asked in surprise.

Thor stretched his neck, swallowed the beef, and wiped his mouth: "What can we do? Once Karrig died, the orcs hated us to death. It would be good to save our lives this time, and don't expect anything else. Anyway, this This time I am ready to die for my country."

Nick said reverently: "Your Excellency, the Earl, regards death as home, which is really admirable. Please rest assured, I will do my best to protect your safety no matter what."

Sol turned to the two deputy envoys: "Why don't the two adults eat, do you think the food is not good?"

How can the two of them still have appetite?Jayers said tremblingly, "Thank you, Earl, for your concern. I... I have a stomachache, so I'll take my leave first." He stood up with a pale face.

"It's the same next time." Rondo's face was also not optimistic.

Seeing the two of them getting into the tent with an expression of dying, Sol secretly laughed.He shrugged at Nick, who gave them both the same scornful look.

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"Ah, it's so comfortable." Sol patted his stomach and burped.

At this time, night fell, and the surrounding fields were dark.Wind lanterns were lit in the camp, and they swayed endlessly under the night wind.The soldiers sang melodious songs in low voices around the bonfire, the war horses occasionally snorted and flicked their tails leisurely, and even the orcs quietly embraced the war wolves, everything seemed so peaceful and peaceful.

Saul leaned against a felled tree on the edge of the camp, looking up at the starry night sky.Jessica was beside him quietly, drawing something at his feet with a branch.

It would have been a leisurely outing, were it not for the impending mission.Since leaving Lowell to go to the capital, Sol has gone through hardships and dangers all the way, and it is rare to have such a leisurely opportunity.

Turning her head to look at Jessica, she was sitting on the tree trunk in a demure manner, with her long legs swaying slightly contentedly, humming an unknown song vaguely.Sol couldn't help but feel a little moved. To be honest, when she was quiet, she was still very attractive.

Noticing that Sol was looking at her, Jessica frowned almost instinctively: "Why?"

Look, it's revealed, right?Sol sighed.

"What on earth are you trying to do?" His appearance made Jessica more vigilant.

Saul knew that she would never give up unless she made it clear.I had no choice but to spread my hands and said, "I mean, you are actually pretty pretty, just don't be so fierce all the time."

Jessica froze for a moment, blushed slightly, and subconsciously avoided Sol's gaze.Sol said repeatedly as if he had discovered a treasure: "Yes, yes, it is what it is now."

Probably feeling too embarrassed, Jessica said angrily, "Why should I do this?"

Sol was stunned: "Shouldn't women be like this?"

"Hmph, I'm sorry to make you feel intrusive." Jessica looked away angrily.

It has to be said that although she has a natural talent for internal affairs and a keen mind, in essence, Jessica is no different from other girls.

Maybe it was because of her shy look just now, or maybe because of the current atmosphere, Sol suddenly became bold.He jumped up and walked in front of Jessica: "Don't be angry, come on, just have a smile."

"No." Perhaps for the same reason, Jessica also became abnormal.

Saul became more and more unscrupulous.He lightly supported Jessica's shoulders, and pulled her to face him: "Look at you, you are so beautiful and smart, why are you always so fierce. It's good to learn from Marlene, there will definitely be More people like you."

"Why would I want them to like it..." Jessica lowered her head, not looking at him.

"What's this called? You don't want to be unable to marry in the future, do you?"

"What are you talking about, who wants to..." Jessica looked up shyly and anxiously.

The two looked at each other, and then they couldn't separate like a magnet.Seeing her moist red lips so close at hand, Sol couldn't help but think of the unforgettable kiss he accidentally gave that night in the capital.

I don't know if Jessica thought of the same thing, but under Saul's gaze, she, who has always been aggressive, trembled slightly.

Feeling the trembling of the delicate body under the palm like a frightened deer, Sol's heart jumped rapidly following Huo Huo.Oh my god, is this, is this the legendary me who feels sorry for me?

Pa... A thread called "rationality" in Thor's brain was finally snapped.At this moment, his masculine instinct completely manipulated his thinking, and he had long forgotten the great danger hidden in Jessica's body.

"Jie, Jessica, I..." Sol snorted heavily, and pouted his lips together.

"Ah! What are you doing?" Jessica woke up suddenly.

The lustful Saul burst out with terrifying potential, and actually grabbed Jessica's hand and pressed her against the tree trunk.Woohoo, it turns out that "the overlord's hard bow" doesn't just happen on rainy nights.

Jessica finally felt scared. In fact, men are scary at this time.She pushed Sol's head desperately, trying to separate the two.

"My lord, please calm down."

"Hey hey, call it, call it if you have the ability, anyway, I'm not afraid of losing face." Although it was the first time to do this kind of thing, just like all salmon know to follow the instinct to migrate, Sol has no teacher. He is self-sufficient, and even knows how to use a woman's shame to intimidate her.

"You..." Jessica really didn't dare to yell anymore, even the movement of struggling was much smaller, for fear of attracting others.

Sol became more and more proud, stroking Jessica's fair face ferociously: "Hey, don't blame me, all this is caused by the moon, just follow me."

When Sol's body was close to hers, Jessica struggled fiercely and fell all the way.Her face was pale, her body was pressed against the tree trunk as if limp, and she slowly closed her eyes.

Just at the moment when the thousands of troops were on the verge of firing, a soft cough suddenly came from the side.

"Ah!" Jessica opened her eyes abruptly, and the "self-defense program" that had briefly crashed restarted.

What happened next was completely out of Sol's control.

Jessica slammed the young Sol with high fighting spirit on his knee. Sol let out a strange cry from his throat, and his whole face twisted.This was not over yet, Jessica opened her empty eyes, and said "Nine Kills in a Row" with a blank face, and finally punched Sol's stomach hard.

"Damn... I knew it would end up like this..." Sol clamped his legs tightly and looked at Jessica with a complicated expression.With three points of pain, three points of unwillingness, three points of regret, and one point of relief, he fell to the ground slowly and limply.

"Huhu, it's so dangerous..." After killing Sol, Jessica returned to normal, panting with fear on her face.She was very strange, what happened to herself just now, why did she almost...

Only then did she remember the cough that saved her, and turned her head to look.But the orc princess Amada stood aside, looking at the two of them with a narrow expression.

Jessica blushed, and she said in embarrassment, "Why, why is it you?"

Amada came up bouncingly, looked up at her with her little head up, but didn't speak.

Seen a little annoyed by her fluttering eyes, when Jessica was about to have a seizure, Amada pointed to Sol, who was curled up on the ground, trembling like chaff: "I want him to accompany me .”

Jessica didn't like this orc princess at all. She was about to speak when a ghostly figure rose from behind her, covered her mouth and dragged her aside.

"What are you doing?" Jessica wrenched away from Sol's hand.

"Calm down, our survival depends entirely on her, don't make her angry." Thor said quickly.

"What do you mean?" Jessica looked at him suspiciously.

Thor said: "What I mean is, no matter what she wants to do, we have to follow her. The better we build a good relationship with this little girl, the more secure we will be in the orc empire."

"Wait a minute, you don't want to be wicked, and you still want to play her idea?"

"Nonsense, nonsense..." Saul was at a loss for words.

He patted his chest righteously: "For everyone, even if I suffer a little bit of grievance, it is worth it!"

Before he could wait for Jessica to speak, he pushed her away: "Okay, okay, don't worry, I will take care of myself."

Jessica had no choice but to stomp her foot: "Do as you please, I don't care about you!"

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"Well, actually, I told her just now..." Thinking of what happened just now, Sol was also a little embarrassed.

"What's the matter, I've been tired of watching it for a long time." Amada looked familiar.

"Ah?" Sol was stunned. Does the little girl still have this hobby?
Amada curled her lips in disdain: "This is very normal among us orcs. If any male orc wants a female orc, it won't be as troublesome as you humans. Anyway, we just need to pounce on it. We only worship the strong Since I was a child, I don’t know how many times I’ve seen my brother do it.”

Sol secretly thought that was the case, but if people follow your example, they will definitely be scolded as beasts, and then they will really become "beastmen".No wonder you don't care, because you are orcs.

He couldn't help but said: "So, as long as you are strong enough, even you can..."

Amada said as a matter of course: "Of course, it is a pity that no one dares to use force on me."

"Is she implying something to me..." Sol had a strange thought in his heart.

Quickly shaking his head to get rid of this thought, he changed the subject and said, "Why are you here, do those werewolves allow you to come and find me?"

Speaking of this, Amada said angrily: "I sneaked out from behind the tent. Those werewolf guys watched me so hard that I was suffocated to death these two days."

As she spoke, she became happy again: "Don't worry about them, just chat with me."

Saul nodded, gently hugged Amada to the tree trunk and sat down, then took off his coat and put it on her,
"Saul, I knew you were the best for me..." His gentlemanly gesture made Amada's eyes turn red. "Fortunately, my father allowed me and Karig to play with humans, otherwise I wouldn't be able to meet you."

What she said reminded Saul, if it wasn't for that dead ghost, Carrig, how could he have fallen into such a miserable situation.

He couldn't help asking, "What is the relationship between Carrig and you?"

Amada said with disgust on his face: "He is the son of the werewolf patriarch, and I hate him the most. Originally, my brother should be the envoy this time, but...in short, he became him."

Although she didn't say the reason, Sol guessed that it must be related to the power struggle within the Orc Empire, which further confirmed his original guess.

Sol said: "But I think he seems to like you very much."

Amada curled her lips: "He just likes my identity and body. If my father hadn't been the king of beastmen, he would have raped me long ago. Hmph, he thought I didn't know anything."

Sol silently, it seems that this little girl is hopelessly naive.

He asked: "How did Carrig die? Do you know who the murderer is?"

Amada snorted: "It deserves it! Karig is a famous warrior of the werewolf tribe, but his head was chopped off, and he was discovered in the middle of the night. It's really scary. Fortunately, the murderer didn't want to kill me."

"By the way, the one who killed him wasn't the one who was hanged. I went to see it. That guy is so fat. I really don't know how he could kill Carrig." She asked innocently.

Saul laughed, "Yeah yeah, that's weird." The whole world knows Keefa is just a scapegoat, and only you, an idiot, would believe it.

As if he didn't want to talk about this topic again, Amada twisted his hand and said, "Sol, tell me a story."

Saul also knew that there was nothing to ask from her, so he agreed casually, and he had an idea in his mind when he glanced at the star-studded night sky above his head.

Hmph, it looks like it's time to use the killer skills.

"Amada, do you know the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?" Sol's tone suddenly became very gentle.

"I don't know, what is that?" Amada asked enthusiastically.

Sol put his arm around her shoulder and pointed to the night sky with the other: "Look, that's Altair, that's Vega."

"Where?" Amada looked puzzled at the stars in the sky.

"That and that."

"Which one?" Amada still didn't see it.

In fact, Sol didn't know which ghost star the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were, so he had to give up this effort: "Uh...forget it, it's not important. Come, let me tell you their story."

As he spoke, he recounted the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl vividly, and finally sang with emotion: Once Jinfeng and Yulu meet, they will win but there are countless people in the world;

After reading, he looked proudly at Amada with a sluggish face.Hmph, this trick is inherited from Xiang Shaolong, and has been carried forward by countless people to pick up girls. Doesn't it completely fix you?

"Sol..." After a while, Amada turned his head in a daze: "What did you read just now?"

"I..." Saul felt powerless as if he had punched the cotton bag.Now he finally knows what it feels like to play the piano with a cow.

"What you said is so strange, I can't even understand it." Amada continued to hit Sol's confidence.

Thor almost spit out a mouthful of blood, forget it, who called her an orc.

After failing twice, Saul was very depressed: "Uh... that's not important. What do you think of this story? Do you feel very moved?"

Unexpectedly, Amada sneered and laughed: "I think it's so funny."

"What!?" Saul almost went crazy: "Funny!? Why?"

Amada earnestly snapped her fingers and said, "Of course it's funny. Look, that Cowherd took advantage of Weaver Girl's bath and turned her into his wife, so he must be us orcs. How can you humans do such a thing?" And he can build bridges with so many birds, so he must be a very powerful summoner. It’s strange, in this case, why didn’t he tame a few powerful water monsters, drive himself across the river, and wait for once a year... "

"What's more, the cow in it can talk, but it's not a tauren. But the funniest thing is that Zhinu's mother forbids her to meet the cowherd, so why don't they run away when they meet once a year? Be obedient. Humph, if we were orcs, we would have killed her mother long ago and decided on our own. Those people are really stupid."

puff!Sol finally spat out more than ten feet of blood.

He looked up to the sky and sighed: I finally know that if you want to use this trick to pick up girls in another world, you are simply asking for humiliation.

After finally stabilizing his emotions, Sol was trying to impress her in other ways, when he heard a strange whistling sound in the air.Before he came back to his senses, there were two clicks, and two arrows were stuck in the tree trunk beside him.

"What is this?" Saul was still in a daze.

"My lord, be careful!" Chip suddenly appeared from the side like a ghost, and pushed him to the ground.

At the same time, Amada screamed, covered her head and knelt down, and a few arrows just flew past where she was standing.

"Hey, Chip, have you been by the side?" Sol suddenly remembered something.

"Yeah, if it wasn't for this uncle coughing just now, I would have kept watching." Before Chip could answer, Amada said, hiding beside the two of them.

Sol's face changed suddenly, so he and Jessica... were all seen by him just now?
Chip said without changing his face: "It is my duty to protect you at all times, but now is not the time to talk about it."

Arrows flew over the heads of the three of them constantly, nailing the trunk of the tree with a rattling sound.The entire camp was blown up, and several soldiers on guard were shot by arrows and fell from a height screaming.

"Could it be that we..." Sol finally came to his senses.

"Yes, I'm afraid we were attacked." Chip nodded calmly.

"Chip, has anyone ever told you that you are a crow's mouth..."

(End of this chapter)