Atlas Battle Song

In ancient times, the Gushan people dressed in gold and lapis lazuli established a city-state deep in the oasis.Later, the blood of the Goddess of Beauty gave them strength, allowing the Gushan people to conquer more rivers and more city-states.Until the establishment of the dynasty, the term "Gulbaiti" became the master of the western plateau.

The descendants of the demigods once ruled the world.

Still later, the dynasty fell, the temple was robbed, and a new overlord came from the south—the horror of the Sibyl knights was passed down in the ballads of every small nation.A huge Sybil Empire stands in the frost, and on the map, the entire western plateau becomes a province.

Today, the Governor rules here.People's lives are still going on, and for hundreds of years, it is almost the same as during the dynasty.

"Ha... please speak slowly..."

Trand sat on the golden throne of the Hildar Palace and yawned wearily.He almost fell asleep, trying to listen to the two old ladies in front of the throne who were arguing endlessly.

"My lord, look at this old bastard...!"

"She is the real shrew. Why don't she hang herself with that roll of wool and save some food for her children and grandchildren!"

The two old men both have knitting hobbies, and they saw the same roll of high-quality wool at the same time in the market, and almost fought over the roll of wool, so the governor must come to judge.

Trande couldn't refuse, since ancient times this has been the king's obligation.Although the previous governors hardly cared about the specific affairs of the Western Plateau, they were only responsible for offering offerings and collecting taxes.However, Trander is very attentive to the western plateau. Apart from daily government affairs, he is also willing to deal with these trivial matters.

Seeing that the two old ladies were about to fight in front of the imperial court, Trand tried to raise his tired eyelids, "Your elder brother, save your life, isn't it just wool..."

"No! That's precious wool, which can be made into fine wool!" The two old people said in unison.

Trand had a headache.

Egg, who was sitting by the side, was tossing the ball of wool for fun, and suddenly said, "Call Neil for help. He's on vacation in Calder recently."

"Go God!" Trund felt relieved, "Hurry up! Go and call the golden retriever dog that the elderly love the most—! Help me!"

So, Neil Bernhard came.

The blond-haired young man had just arrived at the hall, and before he could say anything, the two old ladies rushed forward and hugged his left and right arms.

"Beautiful boy, give me the wool~"

"It's okay to give her the wool, but you have to talk to me! Young man, what's your name and how old are you?"

"You shameless old man, you can't hold back when you see the handsome boy!"

"You are!"

The two old men quarreled again over a new topic.

Neil smiled helplessly, and began to divide the wool into two parts, while patiently mediating for the two old grandmas.Everyone was satisfied with the end result.

Trand broke into a sweat.

The next audience was Lord Kedarn.He was assassinated before, but was lucky enough to be rescued by Ego, and now he came back with a valuable gift.

"My lord, this gift is to repay your life-saving grace."

"Oh." Egg didn't even look at it, he was still playing with the ball of wool that Neil had just made.

Trander smiled and said, "Baby, guess what he gave you? You will like it."

"What is it?"

"Guess what?" Trander scratched his head and smiled helplessly: "It's yellow, small..."

"biscuit."

"How is it possible!" Kidan coughed twice before kneeling, and then resumed his respectful tone: "After all, it is a gift for you."

"Keep guessing baby, it's fluffy..."

"A biscuit with hair." Egg thought about it, and curled his lips.

Neil looked up and couldn't help laughing: "Master, it's a kitten."

"Cat!"

Egg turned his head sharply, and saw that the maid was holding a golden cage, and inside was a little cheetah cub, chirping and calling.Egg's eyes lit up all of a sudden, but he pretended not to care.Trander laughed when he saw it, because Egg's reaction was exactly the same as when he was a child.

Trand walked over, picked up the little cheetah cub and kissed it on the nose.The kitten seemed to have just finished feeding and was sleepy. Its tiny hind paws kicked and tapped, and its front paws softly pressed on Trander's chest to step on the milk.

Egg laughed all of a sudden: "Hahahaha, Trand is the mother!" He took the fluffy little guy and held it carefully in his arms.

Seeing that Egg liked this kid, Trander was very happy.

"Where's its mother?" Egg was a little worried.

"My lord, this child is an orphan. Its mother accidentally fell into the hunter's trap and died, leaving only this cub."

"Oh, and you don't have a mother either."

Egg looked at the little cheetah with a blank expression on his face.The cub looked at Egg sleepily, expressionless.

"You can raise it. The raised cheetah will be very docile when it grows up. It can be your company and is a good helper for hunting. By the way! If you like hunting, I will give you a baby golden eagle next time. Raise animals by yourself It's a fun thing."

"He likes it. I will build him a zoo in the Ardahill Palace." Trander smiled and lifted the beauty's chin.

Egg ignored him at all, just playing with the little cheetah expressionlessly.

"That's great. The Duke will be happy too. The teacher is about to write a letter to the Duke." Neil smiled.

"Amir will be jealous, he always wanted to keep a cheetah."

After that, Trand also dealt with several other important government affairs.

He appointed a new finance minister, the red-haired female lord of Xi Duo's family - "Chisha" Yudoralte.This is a shrewd and capable woman, most of the men Beatrand has met are courageous.She didn't express her position at the banquet, but she chose to stand on the side of the governor afterwards.Presumably, he will become Trand's right-hand man in the future.

As for the lords who opposed the governor, most of them learned to behave after that night.

Trande also struck while the iron was hot, promulgating many popular decrees in a timely manner: limiting the power of the managers of various regions, repairing underground drains and wells, providing women and children with more opportunities to learn crafts, and rebuilding the royal road.

"Governor, as for the progress of the Wang Family Avenue...is it a bit slow?"

Trander waved his hand: "Don't be slow, I have already written a letter to inform His Majesty. The terrain problem is... anyway, it is not easy to repair, and it will be repaired slowly. This road leads from the western plateau to the imperial capital. Such an important road, Can it be done without careful carving? Don’t worry. It’s okay to repair it for ten or eight years.”

He glanced at Neil next to him, motioning for Neil to stay for a while.

After today's government affairs were all dealt with, Trund finally breathed a sigh of relief, and went for a walk in the courtyard with Neil.

The fountain was clear, and there were canaries and larks everywhere in the courtyard. The two walked in silence for a while, and Neil asked first:

"Trander, are you deliberately delaying the progress of the Royal Avenue project?"

"correct."

Facing his friends, Trand rarely showed a very honest side.

"why?"

"After the Wang Family Avenue is repaired, you can transport troops. This is very important. So before I prepare the army, this road will not be repaired. Otherwise, what should I do if those purebloods from the north come to trouble me again?"

"You want to set up an army?"

"That's right, I want to raise [-] golden retrievers as my army." Trander patted Neil's butt.

"No, no, you will only get [-] carpet killers, just like my dog..."

"Hahaha, look at your seriousness! Why are you still so boyish after you're married? Are you happy with your wedding trip with the teacher? Do you like the West Plateau?"

Neil nodded shyly but seriously, probably because he was embarrassed by the word "bridal trip".

Trander whistled: "I really hope you stay with me for a while longer. I have a lot of troubles here, such as the south... Yaxu's side is even more chaotic now."

"Is that the lord who insulted you at the banquet? Antuo? Anharan. Why let him go?" Neil thought for a while, "I thought you would kill the grass."

Trander patted Neil's chest in relief again, and said with a smile: "Your boy has improved, yes, I want to kill him directly. If you can't kill him on the surface, assassination is fine. But now is not the time, I He needs to rebel. Because only his territory makes trouble, I have a reason to garrison troops, and the empire will not doubt it."

"I heard that Antuo Anharan colluded with those countries in the south as soon as he returned from the banquet...Furvos and those countries have always been enemies of the empire. He insulted you so openly at the banquet, I'm afraid he also wanted to Do it for those countries."

Trand nodded.

"That's right, he just wanted a vote... He humiliated me so deliberately to show off to the enemy countries. Only in this way will they be willing to believe him and form an alliance with Yaxu to oppose the empire. But I am not much different from him Hahaha... We all need to be enemies with each other to gain more benefits for ourselves."

"But does it really matter... Isn't he your childhood friend?"

"..."

Trander was silent, turned his head and looked at Egg playing with the little cheetah from a distance, and smiled wryly: "So what? When you should be an enemy, you will always be an enemy."

"Then you will be my enemy, Trand?"

Neil's question was unexpected.

"I hope there won't be such a day," Trander smiled and put his arms around his friend, "because you are my brother, and I love you like my right and left hands."

"Hey, it's disgusting!" Neil pushed Trand away with disgust.

The two of them were as greasy as teenagers, and they hooked up and went to drink.

When the moon rose, Trand held a banquet at the governor's mansion, and invited Neil and his silver mage to be guests.Friends get together and chat happily about recent events.Speaking of the Duke's letter, the recent situation of the empire, and folk rumors.

Teacher Pelias had just published a new monograph, and he was in a good mood, so he went to the West Plateau with Neil to enjoy a sweet trip without any scruples.Sitting intimately next to each other, the two are the perfect couple.

Trand was very relieved to see it, and insisted on pouring Neil a lot of wine, saying that a married man must be able to drink.Yi Ge was also in a good mood, and chatted with the teacher about the embarrassing things that the Duke was unwilling to say before, which made Peleas couldn't help but chuckle softly.

As the night passed, the party broke up and the friends went their separate ways.

Trand was drunk, screaming and hugging Egg to court him.Egg ignored him, and only told Trund when he was asleep and couldn't hear anything.

"Good night, Lion."

Egg kissed Trand on the forehead and fell asleep too.The two embraced and fell asleep, like two pages of a book gently pressed against each other.

He dreamed, and dreamed some summer days, some memories with his companions.

"Want to be with Trand forever, like Trand."

Egg had said so.