Chapter 100 What Kingdom Are You From?
"Ugh! Ugh!"
"Happy down!"
"Aminoas!"
In the puddle and On the dirt road, a shrill cry like an ape could be heard for a long time.
In the gray sky at dusk, this cry seemed so weird, even weirder than Horn's cry when he danced to the Great God.
Horn stood up in the stirrups and looked in that direction.
The shadow wearing animal ears and a long tail hangs on a long pole, swinging back and forth between puddles and ditches.
These black figures are too familiar with the swamp. Their daily actions are to rely on these long poles to jump back and forth between patches of solid land and swamps.
They know where to plant their long poles and where to place their thick pads.
Because they have an extra tail than humans, they have stronger balance, and those long poles are like their third arm.
"What's going on?" The elders began to shout in panic.
Jeshka climbed onto the carriage: "Everyone clung to the carriage. The Black Hats and Guards went to the shore, raised their spears at an angle, and pointed them at the lycanthropes."
"Same for me?"
"Same."
After all, it was the first time for Das to be the commander of the army, so he still had to learn from Jeshka in everything.
Horn drew his long sword, and Carrie rode beside him. She waved a long-handled warhammer gently, and it actually made a heavy sound of breaking through the air.
"Woohoo——"
The Cyclops was jumping, the grass and shrubs were shaking, and weird calls and laughter filled this long road.
Suddenly, the bushes shook unnaturally, and the leaves were like water. A lycanthrope came out of dehydration and jumped into the crowd with a long pole.
Amid the screams, her strong arms strangled the neck of a boy soldier, holding a long pole in one hand, and jumped away from the puddle on the other side.
Although it was just a glimpse, Horn could clearly see her appearance, which was the common Norn square face, black hair and thick nose.
The difference is that she has a pair of brown-gray pointed erect ears on her head, and her slender tail keeps shaking when she jumps.
Horn couldn't tell what kind of animal the lycanthrope was.
He turned his head and continued to look at the puddles. There were shadows in the leaves, as if there were many ghosts.
The red sun among the gray clouds and green mountains looks a bit strange.
The villagers gathered together and trembled, which made the howling of the lycanthrope look even more proud and weird.
It’s simply provocative.
You are really looked down upon. If you don’t show some strength, do you call me the Holy Grandson for nothing?
Horn's face suddenly became solemn. He took a deep breath and his eyes widened: "Jeanna!!!"
A bolt of thunder instantly cut through the air and hit a jumping lycanthrope. The lycanthrope howled "Ah~" and fell into the water with a plop.
The screams all over the place stopped for half a second, but this still failed to stop the determination of the beast-turned-people to attack.
In a blink of an eye, they pole-jumped between the puddles and ran towards the convoy again.
"Jean, help me! The electricity is coming!" Horn pointed the Yunzhongxue in his hand at the beast-turned-people, and another seven or eight bolts of lightning shattered the darkness.
The splashing sound of falling into the water is endless.
For those soldiers wearing armor, they may have considerable protection against Jeanne's lightning, but for these armor-less lycanthropes, that's another story.
Seeing their companions hurt, they became even more angry.
So, they let out a scream even shriller than before, turned their backs to Horn, launched a desperate charge, and disappeared into the sunset.
Horn didn't even react.
The leaves fell and the water surface became calm, as if it was an abnormal hallucination and nothing happened.
"Your Majesty, I went to ask. Four of our villagers were captured by those beast-turned-people." Jeshka trotted all the way to Horn's side. "Two of them were black hat soldiers and one was an ordinary villager. , a boy army, all men."
"Yes." Das added, "As long as they are women. Throw them directly into the puddles and they won't be taken away."
"I know, those beast-turned-people must beat them to their knees and make them angry." I don't know who shouted loudly.
Looking at the sudden arrival and sudden departure of the lycanthropes, Horn began to understand somewhat what happened to the people who had been lost in the Homer Mercenary Group.
Just do it twice a day, and take away three or five people each time, but you can't beat them, and you can't chase them.
It is indeed a headache.
Fortunately, Horn still called, oh no, Jeanne, at least their arrogance will not be so arrogant. "What to do with those lycanthropes who fell into the water? Most of them are still alive."
Jeanna came over panting: "I'm afraid that the people they hold will be electrocuted. Reduced the voltage.”
After Horn's extra lessons, Jeanne gradually began to understand the concepts of current and voltage.
But she still couldn't master multiplication and division within twenty.
After thinking for a moment, Horn said to Madeleine: "Find a few people, forget about those who are trapped, and fish out those who can, hang them up, and surround them for reinforcements."
This The small episode did not affect Horn's march. Time passed slowly, with the red sunset on the mountain, and the group finally arrived at the campsite.
There are hills on one side here, so you can camp on the mountains.
Otherwise, if we camp on a long road, those beast-turned-human beings will come whining and whining in the middle of the night, which will really disturb the trip.
The weather is getting colder, and there are seventeen or eight more patients with colds and fevers in the convoy.
Connect the carts end to end to form an arc-shaped defense line, and behind the defense line is a newly made canvas tent.
After dinner, Horn asked people to fetch clean water and asked the villagers to rub their feet and pick out the blisters on their feet.
Back in the tent, Horn yawned and took out books from the box. He was still reading geographical maps and political and legal articles brought from the church.
In his hand, Carrie was playing with a little wind-up mouse. This was a small toy made by Horn, specially used to attract Carrie's attention.
And Jeanne sat opposite him, practicing calligraphy and math exercises honestly.
After a few minutes, a loud noise came from outside the tent.
"Who? What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, we have captured a lycanthropic spy."
The lycanthrope who was pressed into the tent was about thirty years old. His face was the same as that of a normal human being, except that he had animal ears on his head, a long tail on his back, and pads under his feet. It was still hard to tell what kind of animal he was. .
The strange thing is that he is actually wearing a simple toga robe made of rough linen, which is from the El Empire period.
Simple as it is, there is nothing wrong with the shape.
“Let me go.” The lycanthrope shouted, “I demand the courtesy that a special envoy of the kingdom deserves.”
His words were mixed with Norn, Leia and slang and even part of the ancient Elric language.
Horn also had to ask Carrie the meaning of the Norn word, and it took a lot of effort to figure out what the lycanthrope was talking about.
Horn closed the book and stared at the lycanthrope in front of him silently.
“I am the special envoy of the Kingdom of Sidon, Mudisius, who is a lycanthrope. On the order of King Amazon, I have come to agree on an exchange of prisoners.”
“Special envoy of the Kingdom? Who are you? Kingdom?" Horn frowned, where could a kingdom come from in a small basin?
He has never heard of the beast-turned-human beings having a nation. Could it be that Black Bone Swamp has quietly unified the tribes, completed the integration, and formed a small kingdom?
Horn's brows couldn't help but become serious.
“Tell me about my country and I’ll scare you!” The lycanthrope wearing a toga robe raised his head and said, “Our Kingdom of Xidian has fifty-three citizens, the ally of our Kingdom of Xidian, and The brothers, the Kingdom of Yala and the Kingdom of Basha, have a total of twenty citizens and fifteen army divisions.
What is attacking today is only a part of us, the Allied Powers, the Entente Powers, and the Axis Powers. The Nine-Nation Alliance has fifty-five divisions.
If you and others still have some sense, I advise you to surrender as soon as possible and hand over the prisoners, otherwise you will not be blamed for being rude."
" Huh?" Horn stuck his head out and stretched his ears, almost thinking that he heard or understood wrongly.
He turned to look at Carrie, but Carrie nodded to him, confirming his idea.
Horn couldn't stand it at all.
How do you, a small village of thirty or fifty people, think about establishing a country?
He was forced to establish the Papal State out of helplessness. It was a scam to unite people's hearts. Just like the Holy Father coming to earth, it was a lie that could not be followed.
The lycanthropes, what on earth are you doing, the lycanthropes?
Horn was speechless here and didn't know how to answer, so Busak, a veteran of this dynasty, jumped out.
"Oh?" Busak put his hands behind his back and Shi Shiran walked out, "How many people do you have in one division?"
Mudishaus snorted coldly, stretched out a fist and shook it. Shake.
“Ten?”
“One!”
"Ha!" Busak snorted coldly, "We in the Papal State have ten and twenty citizens and an army of four hundred and eleven companies, which is only about six or seven divisions.
The total number of our citizens is only two One hundred, one person per division, don’t you think it’s ridiculous?
That’s right, our citizens, led by just one senator, are worth a kingdom like yours.”
“Twenty-twenty. , Don't brag, ten or twenty...wait, wait, you have elders? Are you an empire?" The beastman envoy opened his eyes.
"Exactly." Busak strode to Horn's side, "This is our Third Empire of Al, the Great Papal State, the true grandson of the Holy Father, the Eye of God, the Holy The man possessed by his father, the inheritor of the El Empire, the true pope of ten thousand votes, His Majesty Horn!”
(End of this chapter)