Lord Chronicle

Chapter 53 Duel
After a night of silence, the next day, the Beast King formally summoned Thor and his party in the palace of Fang City.

The Beastman King of this generation is held by Gula, the leader of the Beamon tribe. The average life expectancy of the Beamon tribe is generally longer than that of other orc leaders. Gula has been in power for nearly 40 years. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for the dissatisfaction of the other tribes.

Compared with Dinar's palace, the orc's palace is much simpler, but more magnificent.The entire palace was expanded with the help of natural caves. After tens of meters inward, there is a huge space with a height of [-] meters.

What is amazing is that these orcs used some method to flatten the entire mountain top and dig a square patio above the palace.The huge hole goes straight through the mountainside, directing the sunlight into the temple, and it is amazing to see the blue sky and white clouds in the center of the mountainside.

It was the first time for everyone to come to the Beastman Palace, and they were all amazed in front of this ingenious stone palace.The orcs in the palace saw it and whispered proudly.

Gula, the leader of the Bimon clan, sat on the throne on the stone platform at the end of the palace. He was separated by hundreds of meters from Sol and the others standing at the entrance. Only a small figure could be seen from a distance, which showed that the palace Much bigger and exaggerated.

From Gula down, there were dozens of orcs, werewolves, tauren, lion people, cat people sitting on both sides... At the end there was even a kobold in extremely gorgeous clothes.They are the patriarchs, generals, shamans and other important figures of various tribes, and these people together constitute the ruling core of the orc empire.

And in this overly large palace, there were not even a few guards, except for the six large stone pillars that supported the stone hall with several people hugging each other, there were no other decorations, and it was so empty that even the sound of footsteps could echo.

Involuntarily overwhelmed by the aura of the palace, everyone lowered their breaths, and along the road paved with black basalt, they came to the throne of the Beast King.

In the eyes of Sol, a human being, Gula looked exactly like Uroel, but he was thicker and older.He was wearing a precious fur, and with a majestic expression on his ugly face, he looked straight at the people below.

So far, Sol has a strong desire to see the queen's true face. He really wants to know which great female can give birth to a beauty like Amada with Gula.

The orcs on both sides sat on the ground idly, with various postures. Although they didn't have the appearance of a minister, they showed the unique boldness and unrestrainedness of the orcs.The werewolf patriarch Verona was present here, and he was the first in the queue.

"You humble human beings don't dare to lift their heads. Does such a big palace scare you?" Suddenly, a tauren said loudly.

His words immediately elicited bursts of wild laughter, and it wasn't until Gula raised his hand that the orcs restrained themselves a bit.

After the laughter stopped, Gula said, "Are you the envoys of Dinar?"

"Damn, if you don't have knowledge, you have no knowledge. You are so proud of building a big funnel. If it rains, I don't think you have a place to hide." Sol thought maliciously in his heart.

But on the surface, he said respectfully: "I am the king's envoy, Earl Saul Lovell. I would like to bring our country's most sincere greetings to the respected orc king Gula."

Last night, the two deputy envoys, Geers and Rondo, tried their best to teach him this set of garrulous diplomatic rhetoric, but Thor doubted that these orcs could not understand it at all.

Sure enough, Gula frowned slightly: "Thank you Robert for your kindness. In order to celebrate your kingdom celebration, I sincerely sent a werewolf prince as an envoy, but he died in your capital. Is it Dinard's friendliness?"

What he said made the orcs angry. They roared with grinning teeth, some slapped the floor fiercely, and some even made a posture to pounce on them.

A group of half-human, half-animal monsters screaming and screaming beside you is really not a pleasant sight, and the tension in the hall suddenly rose.

However, Thor noticed that, unlike the crazy orcs, Verona, who was really suffering from the loss of his son, did not show his face, but just stared at himself with gloomy eyes, and his abnormality made people even more stressed.Thinking of his words yesterday, Thor shuddered.

He knew that this werewolf would definitely not let it go.

Giles and Rondo's legs were so frightened that their legs were weak, and Nick and Kress, who accompanied Saul to the temple, also nervously held the hilt of their swords.Jessica was unmoved on the surface, but underneath she held Sol's hand tightly.

"Kill them! Then start a war with humans!" Suddenly, a tall and strong lion man jumped up.

"Declaration of war! Declaration of war!" Many orcs echoed loudly.

Perhaps in order to scare Sol and the others, these orcs all roared in the common language of the continent.

"Dinar, do you have anything else to say?" Gula said slowly. Although his voice was low, he suppressed the shouts of other orcs.

In fact, Sol was also quite frightened, but he was the head of the envoy after all, and he couldn't lose face if he lost anything. "Damn it, it's a blessing, not a curse. If it's a disaster, you can't avoid it, so just come." He thought so.

Sol raised his head and said seriously: "The murderer who killed Karig has been executed by the king on the spot. Princess Amada witnessed this incident with her own eyes. I think I have already explained to you. Of course, I am not saying that we have no Responsibility, we are also very sorry that such a thing happened, so in order to express my apology, the king sent me here, just because I don’t want the Beast King to misunderstand us.”

His words were soft but hard, well-founded, and calmed down the frenzied orc at once.A strange color flashed in Gula's eyes.Obviously, it was unexpected that Saul could talk freely under such circumstances.

It was the lion man who shouted again: "Nonsense, that's just a scapegoat. Do you think we are all fools? Don't think that an apology can solve the problem. Only war can calm our anger this time!"

Sol turned his head at once, and looked at him without letting go: "This matter is purely the personal behavior of Lord Ramo, and has nothing to do with Dinar. If you must use this as an excuse to start a war, the people of Dinar will definitely Resist to the end against such unreasonable aggression!"

Unexpectedly, he was so bold, even Jessica and the others were stunned for a while.The lion man froze for a moment, then got up in a rage: "Do you want to court death?"

"Chief Osman, I think this human being is right. Now that the murderer has been caught, why do you still hold on to it? There is no point in a senseless war." A tauren said suddenly.

Unexpectedly, there are people here who are willing to speak for him, Suoer Daqi looked down.The tauren sat opposite the lion patriarch Othman, with a tall and muscular body, thick and long black horns, and a string of shining chains, and a huge double-edged ax rested at his feet.

Seeing that it was him who spoke, Osman calmed down instead.He snorted and said, "Chief Moro, when did the tauren tribe stand with humans?"

The tauren patriarch Mo Luo ignored his provocation: "The tauren have never stood with humans, I am just talking about the facts. I would like to ask the Osman patriarch, why are you so eager to drag us into the war? Purpose?"

"Coward! Are you afraid of humans?" Othman growled.The lion people are born with loud voices, and even their special skills are "battle roars". This roar almost trembled even the palace.

Huge waves of sound reverberated back and forth in the palace, and Sol was almost stunned.Just standing on one side has such an effect, it's really hard to imagine how terrifying it would be to face the "battle roar" of the lion man directly.

At this time, Osman and Moreau had already quarreled fiercely, and the two no longer cared about using the common language, and insulted each other in the orc language.In the Beastman Empire, the leaders of the four clans were present, and those present were either members of these clans or the patriarchs of other small clans. They couldn't intervene and could only watch them quarreling.

But Gula and Verona, who were the only ones present who were qualified to speak, watched with cold eyes as if they had made an appointment, as if this quarrel had nothing to do with them.

Although he couldn't understand, but with Jayers interpreting intermittently, Sol got a general idea.He found that the lion tribe seemed to support Verona, the werewolf patriarch, and was determined to investigate Carrig's death to the end.But the tauren is just the opposite, I am afraid that they have one heart with the Bimon people.

"Two vs. two, interesting, it seems that this patriarchal battle will be interesting." Sol thought to himself.

Just when Mo Luo and Osman were about to use their knives, Gula finally spoke, but the target was Verona: "Patriarch of Verona, Carrig is your son after all, do you have any opinions?"

Verona looked up at him: "I think Chief Moro is right."

"Oh?" Gula was taken aback for a moment. He was ready to confront Verona tit for tat, but the other party's words were unexpected, and he couldn't help but bewildered.

Osman was also surprised: "Patriarch Verona, what are you talking about, are you going to let these people go?"

"Of course not!" Verona's eyes flashed coldly: "I have already said that I will never let them go. But a new orc king will be elected in a few days. Even if there is a war, the new king should lead everyone Proceed, do you think so? Your Majesty the Beastman King." The last sentence, he said directly to Gula.

Gula's complexion changed, and he snorted, but did not answer.

Verona's aggressiveness has shown that he is determined to win the throne of the orc king, and all the orcs who supported him were whispering excitedly.

The Tauren Mo Luo said loudly: "The selection of the Beastman King is a matter of the future. It is not certain who will win. But since the Verona patriarch said so, does he mean that he will not pursue this matter anymore?"

"Of course not!" Verona said firmly again.

"Patriarch Verona, what exactly do you want to say?" Gula finally couldn't help it.

Verona gave Sol a deep look, and strode into the hall: "Humans, I challenge you in the name of the patriarch of the werewolves and the father of Karig. If you can defeat me, I will never again Pursue Carrig for his death, or I'll cut off all of your heads and bury him with him!"

"Huh?" Saul was stunned for a moment, and at the same time he was relieved.

It turned out to be a one-on-one match, I was really scared by you just now.He waved his hand indifferently: "OK, I accept."

"Are you crazy?" Jessica was taken aback: "You are no match for him at all."

Saul said strangely: "Who said I was going to fight him? Kress, you go."

After these days, he already has deep confidence in Kress' sword skills.Hmph, duel?I think you are a birthday old man who hanged himself-you are looking for death, and you must ask Kress to dismember this old boy later.

"My lord, what are you talking about?" Kress was stunned: "It's your challenge."

"Wow! Usually the cowhide blows loudly, but now you want to retreat?" Thor was furious, and grabbed his collar.

"Your Excellency, I think you have misunderstood." Nick leaned into his ear and said, "This is the Orc Empire. When an orc challenges you, if you accept it, you can only fight by yourself."

"What!?" Thor exclaimed.

He looked to the left, and Jessica nodded with worry, affirming Nick's words; he looked to the right, and Gilles and Rondo also nodded desperately, but their eyes were full of gloating.

"Oops, oops, I was killed this time..." He immediately broke into a cold sweat.

Swishing out his sword, Verona strode to the empty part of the palace: "Human, what are you waiting for, come on!"

Under such circumstances, it was impossible to back down.While cursing the orcs for their lack of aristocratic demeanor, Sol looked at Gula for help.

It's a pity that Gu La was helpless, and Saul agreed immediately.It was only to combat Verona's arrogance and gain an advantage in the election of the patriarch a few days later, so he prevented Verona from attacking Sol. This was purely "against all the support of the enemy". any favors.

At this time, he could only nod his head and said: "Since Mr. Special Envoy accepts the challenge, please do it yourself."

There was nothing left to do, and under the watchful eyes of the orcs, Sol had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk towards Verona.

After taking two steps, he suddenly felt himself being pulled, and when he looked back, it was Jessica.

"Don't go, you can't beat him." Jessica almost cried, tugging on his sleeve and shaking her head vigorously.

Of course she knew how much Sol was, not to mention the famous werewolf patriarch, even in the face of ordinary werewolves, he was just a piece of cake.

Saul was moved, and couldn't help touching Jessica's face: "Don't worry, I finally got here, I won't be easily killed by him."

"Your Excellency, please use my sword." Nick untied his sword and handed it over.

Sol shrugged: "No need, I won't use it if you give it to me."

He showed a reassuring smile to everyone, and strode up.

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Verona is two meters tall, has a strong physique, is covered with thick white hair, and is majestic.In front of him, the thin Sol was as pitiful as a chick that hadn't grown up.

In terms of strength comparison, the two are also far apart, and Verona is confident that he can crush him to death with one hand.So he said contemptuously, "I'll let you make the first move, human."

Sol, of course, would not be polite to him. He waved his hand, and the snake monster and griffin beast appeared beside him in the flashing white light, and their postures were similar.

Unexpectedly, he was still a brilliant summoner, and the orcs watching were amazed.The high-level Warcraft Snake Demon plus the mid-level Warcraft Griffin Beast, this is a very tricky combination.

Although Verona was also surprised, but he, who had experienced many battles, naturally would not put the two monsters in his eyes.In fact, no matter how powerful a summoner is, he also has a fatal weakness, that is, to bypass the monsters and directly attack the summoner himself. As long as he is killed, no amount of monsters will be in vain.

Verona has already made up his mind, as long as he bypasses these two monsters with his own speed, he can cut off Sol's head with one sword.Therefore, he did not move after the monster appeared, but put up a posture and waited for Thor to attack first.

Unexpectedly, what happened next left everyone dumbfounded.Sol did not command the monster to attack Verona, but instead climbed onto the back of the griffin.

Simba screamed in dissatisfaction, bowed his body and thumped back and forth on the spot, Sol was almost knocked off, so he quickly hugged its neck.Looking at the screaming human on the griffin, no one knew what he wanted to do, even Verona was dumbfounded.

"This guy..." Sol's embarrassing behavior made everyone in the envoy feel ashamed.

Secretly thinking that this guy is becoming more and more disobedient, Sol quickly waved to the snake demon: "Xiaomei, come up quickly."

The snake demon obediently climbed onto the back of the griffin and wrapped its tail around its abdomen.With an extra high-level monster on his back, Simba calmed down immediately.

"Wahhahaha, fly!" Sol proudly laughed at the astonished Verona.

The griffin croaked loudly and flew up. Although the palace of the Beast King was built on the mountainside, there was enough space for it to fly freely.The griffin carried Sol and Mei, flapped its wings gracefully, and circled back and forth between the thick stone pillars. It is estimated that this is the first time something has flown inside the palace since it was built.

At this time, everyone understood Thor's intentions. With the help of the Griffon's air superiority, Verona would be invincible if he didn't want to hurt a hair on him.Seeing this, Jessica and the others immediately relaxed.

But at the same time, what is puzzling is why did he let the snake demon climb up?Wouldn't the chances of winning be greater if the basilisk attacked Verona on the ground and the griffin assisted from the air?
Of course Sol has his own considerations. First of all, he must use Xiaomei to control Simba, otherwise he may not be able to stay on its back for a minute.As for the second reason...

"Shoot him, shoot him!" Sol pointed to Verona below and shouted at Mei.

When Xiaomei obediently held out the bow and arrow, everyone remembered that what is as famous as the petrification and fangs of the snake demon is their terrifying bow and arrow skills.

A bone arrow shot down, Verona's eyes opened wide, and he hurriedly raised his sword to block it. There was a sound, the bone arrow was knocked flying, and he was also staggered back a few steps due to the momentum.

Regardless of Xiaomei's slender figure, her strength is not weak. In addition, when she shoots an arrow from mid-air, both her strength and her speed are astonishing.If it wasn't for Verona being the patriarch of the werewolves and having experienced many battles, the arrow just now would have killed him.

After missing a single hit, Simba circled lightly in mid-air and flew back. At the same time, Mei on its back hitched two more bone arrows and shot towards Verona one after another.

Seeing the direction of the arrow, Verona jumped back and swung his sword obliquely at the same time.A bone arrow hit the ground, the entire arrow was completely submerged in the stone, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling.Another arrow was cut by Verona's sword, lost his balance and flew past his neck in a whirl, leaving a bloody mouth.

Verona immediately broke out in a cold sweat. If the arrow just missed by a few points, his blood would be splashed on the spot.At this time, he couldn't help thinking that he was too arrogant, who would have thought that this human being would use such a shameless tactic.

Standing here and letting the opponent attack, sooner or later he will be killed by an arrow.After a moment of hesitation, Verona turned and ran towards the nearest stone pillar.

The onlookers immediately burst into an uproar. A duel between an orc and a human actually escaped first. Even if it was an expedient measure under unfavorable circumstances, they felt extremely ashamed.

The tauren patriarch Mo Luo shouted loudly, scolding Verona for being cowardly and cowardly.Osman, the patriarch of the lions, remained silent, watching the situation on the field.

Looks like this guy hasn't got his head full, Thor thought to himself.But Lao Tzu is in the sky, and you are in the ground, no matter how much you run, you will never get out of my Wuzhi Mountain.

Smiling triumphantly, he lifted Simba's neck hair, and pointed forward in high spirits: "Catch me!"

Normally, Simba would have pushed this arrogant guy down, but now that the snake demon was on his back, it could only croak twice to express its dissatisfaction, and flapped its wings to catch up.

The stone pillar in the temple was several meters in diameter, which was astonishingly large. Verona ran under the pillar and turned to the other side.However, before he had time to catch his breath, the Griffin beast that looked like a life-threatening ghost had flashed out from behind.

Swish... It was another arrow. At this time, Verona was leaning against the stone pillar and had no room to dodge. He had no choice but to raise his hand to meet it.With a puff, the thick and long bone arrow pierced through his forearm, and the arm and the arrow were nailed to the stone pillar.

Verona didn't dare to hesitate, pulled his hand out of the bone arrow without any hesitation, and then
Roll on the spot to avoid the two arrows that came later.The special skill of the werewolves is "regeneration". As the patriarch, his ability is even more astonishing. The muscles on the surface of the large penetrating wound squirmed for a while, and the bleeding had actually stopped.

Although the injury is not serious, Verona is still at an absolute disadvantage.The aerial vision is extremely wide, no matter how he runs, Simba can slide over his head with just a little spread of his wings.On the contrary, because the stone pillar was too big, Verona ran around it a few times and felt a bit strenuous.

"Hahaha, run, you run, even if you run and break your leg, it's useless." Thor rode on the back of the griffin, with his back clinging to the proud chest of the snake monster, and the whole palace echoed him. Laughing wildly.

"Stick your butt on your back, ride a vulture and chase a werewolf", at this moment he finally realized what it means to be high-spirited.

"The lord is a bit cheap, but this duel should be fine." After squinting for a while, Kress touched his chin and came to a conclusion.

From Jessica down to the envoys, everyone nodded, but they didn't know whether they agreed with the first half of Kress's sentence or the second half.Only Nick was slightly surprised when he heard him say that about his lord.

There is no way to hide like this, Verona turned his eyes, and his eyes fell on another stone pillar tens of meters away.Suddenly he jumped out with one step, and rushed towards the opposite stone pillar.

His speed is so fast that even Simba can't keep up.All the orcs present shook their heads. They were all experienced fighters. It was natural to see that although Verona avoided danger for the time being, running like this also consumed a lot of energy, and they couldn't hold on for long.When he was exhausted, he had no choice but to be slaughtered.

The orc king Gula's eyes flashed with ecstasy, and he stood up from the throne involuntarily.At this time, Verona had already turned behind the stone pillar, but Thor followed him on a griffin and chased after him.

Just when everyone thought that the winner was about to be decided, a sudden change occurred in the field!

Sol drove Simba to the stone pillar. Simba spread his wings and turned around lightly. At the same time, Xiaomei's arrow also pointed downward.However, to their surprise, there was nothing under the stone pillar.

"Where are people?" Sol was startled, and turned around involuntarily.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly covered the sky above the griffin, and quickly attacked them.Horrified, Sol raised his head and looked, and it was Verona who was holding a long sword and slashing straight down like a demon god!

In an instant, Sol understood that, relying on his high speed to reach behind the stone pillar first, Verona did not dodge, but climbed to the top of the stone pillar while he was chasing him.Because the line of sight was blocked by the stone pillar, no one noticed it.

At this time, he could only secretly blame himself for being too careless, and fell for such a simple trick, but unfortunately it was too late.

Verona's pounce was extremely fast, and he reached Sol's head almost instantly.At the critical moment, Simba let out a long cry, and abruptly turned his body to the side.Verona's sword almost slashed against Sol's body, almost cutting off half of Simba's wing.

Unable to keep his balance anymore, Simba screamed and fell down.Verona jumped up with the power of the sword, stooped and kicked on the stone pillar behind, and rushed towards Sol again like a cannonball.

Thor quickly took Simba back to the ring, only to realize that he was about to hit the ground, and was almost stunned for a while.At this time, it was Xiaomei who saved his life, the snake demon who landed first, coiled up its tail, and then caught its master.

The force of falling from a height of more than ten meters is not trivial, and Xiaomei was almost smashed to the ground. The soft and coiled tail of the snake acted as a spring, effectively dissipating the momentum, and the two of them did not turn into meat sauce together.

It’s still his Warcraft being so caring... Sol couldn’t help but be grateful when he was moved: “Thank you, Xiaomei.”

Feeling the master's heart, Xiaomei smiled sweetly, and suddenly her face changed drastically, and she threw Sol away violently.

At the same time, Verona fell from the sky, and the long sword cut into Xiaomei's left shoulder, and went straight down to her waist, almost splitting her in half from the shoulder.

The blood splashed away, Xiaomei's whole face was twisted, and her tail flicked in pain.With a cruel smile, Verona drew his sword and was about to kill Thor. Suddenly, he felt that the sword body seemed to be stuck by something, and he couldn't pull it out.

Strangely looking down, he found that Xiaomei was holding onto the blade tightly with both hands.Unexpectedly, this monster was so tenacious. Verona twisted the blade of the sword and was about to cut off her ten fingers. Suddenly, a black beam rose from behind Xiaomei and sent him flying away with a bang.

Flying Verona with one tail, Xiaomei grabbed the sword embedded in her body and slowly poured into a pool of blood.

"Xiaomei!" Sol's eyes were red, and he yelled and ran up.

Stretching out his finger under her nose and finding that she was still breathing, Sol felt relieved and quickly took her back.No matter how badly the monster is injured, as long as it is not dead, it will recover within a certain period of time after taking back the space of the monster.

However, before he could stand up, he was kicked heavily in the lower abdomen, and his whole body was kicked several meters away.Verona wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, leaned over to pick up the sword in the pool of blood, and walked towards Sol slowly.

"Ahem..." The foot was hit so hard just now, Sol almost lost his breath.

"Damn human, I will cut you into pieces with one sword!" As the majestic werewolf patriarch, being forced to such a point by a human, Verona was almost mad with anger.

As for Jessica and the others, due to the stone pillar blocking them, they only heard several loud noises from behind, but they couldn't see anything.Just when everyone was guessing, Sol suddenly rolled out from behind the stone pillar, and followed Verona with his sword.

Although they don't know exactly what happened, everyone can see that Verona has turned the tables, and many orcs cheered on the spot.Jessica let out a scream, and couldn't help but rushed forward.

"Miss Jessica, don't go, it's useless." Kress hugged her.

"But, but Sol..." Jessica would call Sol by his real name when she was nervous.

"The orcs regard duels as extremely sacred. If we intervene, none of us will survive. The lord certainly doesn't want this. But if anything happens to him, I will kill that werewolf to avenge him!" Chip said solemnly road.

Jessica shook her body, helplessly looking at Verona who was slowly approaching Sol, her vision was quickly blurred by tears.

(End of this chapter)