The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Master, Captain Gregeric is here! He said there is something important and he needs to report it to you in person!" Thomas, Soran's personal butler, walked in quickly from outside Soran's private office and reported.

Since Soran last went back to White Bear Territory at the end of May, he brought Thomas back with him.

Thomas is now kept by Soran's side. He is mainly responsible for taking care of his master's daily life. When he is free, he also does some errands and miscellaneous work.

Of course, when Soran was happy, he would also teach him some management knowledge, or arithmetic, etiquette, communication and other skills, intending to train him.

[Note: Thomas was trained by Javier when he was in White Bear Territory, so he already knows how to read!]

In this way, even if Thomas cannot become an independent official in the future, he can still help Soran deal with some less important matters and reduce his own workload.

"Well! Let him in!" Soran ordered without even raising his head.

Although the "Anglican Islands Immigration Plan" is now on track, he does not need to worry too much about the maritime transport fleet.

[Note: The official duties that Sauron is currently handling are mainly the collection and deployment of materials, the management of personnel, the recruitment of citizens, and other support work.

Once the transport fleet leaves the port of Ganise, the remaining maritime affairs will have nothing to do with him for the time being! 】

But according to convention, every time the three transport fleets successfully make a round trip between the two places, they must come to the office of Soran, the general manager, and report to him!

So it was natural for Soran to think that Gregerik came here simply to report to him.

Soon, Thomas came in from outside with Gregor!

But before Soran could greet him, Gregeric said with a heavy face:

"My Lord Baron, my fleet was attacked by Nidhogg on the way back, and we lost a medium-sized cap ship!"

Upon hearing this, Soran immediately raised his head with a puzzled look on his face and asked in confusion: "Who? Who attacked you?"

"When did pirates appear in the sea around the Kingdom of Midburg? Why have I never heard of them?"

Gregeric replied with a heavy face: "My Lord Baron, Nidhogg is not a pirate! He is a sea monster, a huge one!"

"Sea monster?" Upon hearing this, Soran immediately thought of what Magellan reported a few days ago, that his fleet was attacked by a sea monster.

So he quickly continued to ask: "Is this sea monster you are talking about a sea monster with huge tentacles similar to those of an octopus?"

"Yes! Baron!" Gregor nodded.

Then he asked again in confusion: "Why? Lord Baron, have you also heard of the sea monster [Nidhoggr]?"

Soran laughed bitterly and said helplessly: "I have heard of it!"

"But a few days ago, Magellan also reported to me! He said that his fleet was also attacked by this sea monster!"

"Oh! That's how it is!" Gregerer suddenly realized: "I thought [Nidhogg] was already very famous!"

At the same time, he muttered to himself: Even people who have never been to sea know about this!

Soran rolled his eyes at Gregeric and continued to ask: "Grederic, you seem to be very familiar with this giant sea monster! You even know his name!"

"Come on, tell me first what you know about it!"

Although Soran used words to fool Magellan, he was still a little distressed about this sea monster!

After all, it's better to be safe than sorry!

Gregeric smiled knowingly!

He mentioned Nidhogg's name so many times in front of Sauron. Wasn't this what he was waiting for?

"Hey! Baron, I am not bragging. When it comes to my understanding of Nidhogg, in the entire Midburg Kingdom, I am the second one. No one dares to say that he is the first!"

"Alright, alright! I get it! Just tell me! I'm listening!" Sauron said impatiently.

The heart of this spectator has been aroused, but he is still hesitating. He really thinks he is a riddle teller!

"Hehe!" Gregor laughed foolishly.

He then told the story between himself and the sea monster Nidhogg.

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In the ancient legends of the Knight Continent, [Nidhoggr] is the name of a giant snake-man with a body length of more than a kilometer.

Moreover, the original [Nidhoggr] lived on the continent. It was one of the most primitive and powerful monsters in the world.

However, relying on his huge size and powerful strength, [Nidhoggr] committed all kinds of evil and committed heinous crimes on the ancient Knight Continent.

Finally, the benevolent and kind [Yana, the Goddess of Earth and Harvest], took pity on the suffering of the world and defeated it.

Then the goddess used her powerful divine power to seal Nidhogg in the abyss of the seabed, so that it could never return to the mainland.

Of course, this sea monster could definitely not be the Nidhogg in ancient legends.

Because the name "Nidhogg" was originally given to this sea monster by Gregor.

It turns out that during the time when Gregerer was obsessed with sailing adventures, he had two failed experiences, which ended because of his encounter with this giant sea monster.

During one incident, Gregor almost died in the mouth of this sea monster!

But fortunately, he was lucky enough to escape death in the end!

So he named this sea monster "Nidhoggr" to commemorate his failure.

Of course, Grider didn't know how big Nidhogg was or how strong he was.

Because he had never seen the true appearance of Nidhogg.

He just knew that these huge tentacles were Nidhogg's main method of attack.

However, Gregor and Magellan guessed the same thing, that [Nidhoggr] should be a high-level magical beast or a super magical beast.

Anyway, it can’t be the legendary beast king.

Because the wisdom of the legendary beast king is no less than that of humans!

Moreover, according to accurate historical records, although the legendary Beast King cannot transform into human form, he can understand and speak human language!

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"You mean, you have encountered this sea monster three years ago?" Soran began to frown.

"Yes, Baron! I have seen Nidhogg twice, and both times my fleet failed and had to return because of it!" Gregor said with a bitter look on his face.

“Then how long was the interval between your two encounters? Were they both in this sea area?” Soran’s expression had become somewhat serious.

Gregeric pondered for a while before saying, "I forgot the exact time interval, but it should be more than a year! And they were all near this sea area!"

"So this means that from five years ago to now, this sea monster named Nidhogg has been living in this sea area!" Soran's face had become very solemn.

"It should be!" Gregeric nodded, confirming Soran's guess.

Then he saw Soran's solemn expression, so he asked hurriedly: "Baron, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so grim?"

"I thought of some very bad things!" Soran smiled bitterly helplessly.

"What bad thing?" Gregor asked with a frown.

"Why did this sea monster Nidhogg stay in that sea area for so many years and never leave?"

Soran sighed.

"Yeah! Why doesn't it leave?" Gregerer also thought of this question.

Although this sea monster [Nidhoggr] is very large, it is nothing compared to the area of ​​the ocean!

He had been unlucky enough to encounter this situation twice before, and now he and Magellan had encountered it twice again.

This probability is obviously a bit abnormal!

Suddenly, Gregeric seemed to have thought of something, and he said in disbelief: "Baron, are you saying..."

Soran nodded heavily, confirming his idea.

Soran immediately stood up from his seat and said as he walked: "Let's go! Let's go to see the Earl and report this matter to her. She needs to make the decision herself!"

Gregeric didn't say anything else, but followed Soran silently with a heavy expression.

After the two of them got the horses from the stable outside, they rode at full speed towards Seagull Castle.

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