"That's... Miss Linglan's retainer?"
The thing that flew over was a bat whose body was mostly black, with only the wings skeleton being dark blue. Because Linglan had been seen using it in the demon clan's underground maze, no one treated it as a monster and ruled it out.
As if searching for a target, the wobbly bat circled above everyone for a while before swooping down towards Camisia and landing steadily on her outstretched arm.
"Squeak."
Although the bat made a harsh sound, it did not prevent Camisia from understanding what it meant. The "Sapphire Bat" was only born near a mine with abundant magical power. It was born from the Evil Eye and a vampire bat. It naturally inherited the Evil Eye's mental magic and the vampire bat's weirdness, and could communicate with other creatures across languages through mental magic.
After about three minutes, the sapphire bat's report finally ended. Camisia took out a piece of ore from the ribbon tied around her hair and fed it to the sapphire bat. The sapphire bat made a happy sound and flapped its wings to fly back in the direction it came from.
"Camisia, what's wrong?"
Ella's question made Camisia squat down and whisper in Ella's ear.
"Princess, Lingran has successfully surrounded the remaining main force of the rebels. The escaped commander is being pursued by the remaining 4,000 soldiers. Lingran is returning with the remaining 2,000 personal guards and 2,000 ordinary soldiers to greet you."
“Huh?”
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*创世纪6187年10月15日 下午16:31分 伍德伯爵领
"Damn it, how did those Kumi get out of the city?"
Edward Jean Harry spat on the ground.
It was now two days after he and Earl Wood had left Bahamra.
The main reason he had traveled from the Kingdom of Harry to the Kingdom of Untermil, besides the mission entrusted to him by the nobles behind him, was to receive the tribute of kuk, an extremely rare dessert, as only the kuk knew how to make it. Edward vividly remembered the aftertaste on his father's face when he mentioned kuk; if he hadn't really enjoyed it, he would never have shown such anticipation.
That's why he entrusted the nobles who supported him to find out the news about Kuk. As long as he presented Kuk to his father, it would definitely make his father happy. Correspondingly, he would receive more attention from his father. His hard work paid off, and he finally heard the news about Kuk half a year ago - the Kingdom of Kumheim sent envoys to collect tribute.
After searching through a vast amount of information for nearly a month, he set his sights on a Kumi team returning from the Land of the Dead. After a difficult journey, he came to the territory of his good friend, Earl Wood, hoping to get Earl Wood's help. In order to please Earl Wood, he also brought several slaves who met Earl Wood's preferences from home as gifts.
However, to Prince Harry's surprise, Earl Wood was not only interested in the slaves he brought with him, but also had another purpose in mind for his trip - to help the aristocratic faction of Harry's Kingdom create chaos in the Kingdom of Untermele.
Originally, Prince Harry should not have let Earl Wood know, but during a report, Prince Harry accidentally let Earl Wood hear it. However, just when Prince Harry was shocked and frightened, Earl Wood took the initiative to express his desire to assist Prince Harry. In return, Earl Wood hoped that after the rebels overthrew the regime of the Kingdom of Untermele, he would become the puppet king.
Prince Harry and the nobles behind him are of course willing to see this result, so the already close relationship between the two has become even stronger, even to the point where Earl Wood personally accompanies Prince Harry to hijack the envoy.
Earl of Wood, riding a fast horse, slowly approached Prince Harry, whose face was full of anger.
"Prince, calm down. My men discovered a hidden tunnel in Bahanla Town. I think the Kumi must have escaped through the tunnel."
"Did our pursuit get discovered? Impossible! We were clearly disguised as patrolling the territory."
"The specific cause is still under investigation, but based on previous intelligence, the Kumi should be nearby, and their destination is Shine City in the south."
"Tsk."
Prince Harry looked up at the distant mountains. Thick clouds were gathering in the sky covered with lush vegetation, and it looked like it was about to rain. Thinking of getting wet, a hint of displeasure flashed across Prince Harry's face.
"Give me the raincoat."
Prince Harry extended his hand to the elf slave next to him. Although everyone was riding horses and galloping on the road, Prince Harry had practiced horsemanship to a very high level, so he didn't have to worry about this action causing him to fall off the horse.
The female elf slave next to her immediately answered in panic, and the way she hunched her shoulders showed her inner fear.
"Master, we didn't bring our raincoats with us."
"Idiot!"
Snapped.
With the crisp sound of the whip, Prince Harry hit the female elf hard. The pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow immediately made the elf slave loosen the reins. Then, because she had no experience in horse riding, she fell off the horse without any preparation.
“Aaaaaa!”
"waste."
Although Prince Harry wanted to abandon the elf to be trampled to death by the horse, since this slave elf was a gift from Earl Wood, he could not abandon it in front of Earl Wood. In addition, this elf happened to be the extra-human species and mature type that he liked, so Prince Harry could only tighten the reins, and the team of nearly 400 people stopped.
"Get out of here now! This is an order!"
“Yes… yes…”
The pain of falling off the horse and the sting of the whip twisted the elven woman's facial features together. Tears kept flowing from her beautiful blue eyes, and her face was covered with dust from touching the ground. Because she did not complete the order to get up from the ground in time, a blue collar appeared on her originally smooth neck. The slowly shrinking trend made the elf's face full of fear again. She endured the scars on her arms, cried and struggled to climb onto the horse's back.
Looking at the slovenly appearance of the elf slave, a look of disgust flashed across the prince's face.
"I'll deal with you when we get back."
"Prince, we are going into the mountains."
Despite witnessing Prince Harry's violence with his own eyes, Earl Wood did not express any desire to stop it, but simply reminded Prince Harry to be careful.
After giving Earl Wood an apologetic look, Prince Harry shouted to the soldiers behind him.
"Line up! Watch out for monsters!"
"""yes!"""
Chapter 32: Arrogant Characters
Wow.
Just as Prince Harry had expected, when they reached the foot of the mountain, it began to rain heavily. Coupled with the raging mountain wind, the visibility was so poor that they could not continue their journey. As a last resort, they could only choose to rest in an abandoned wooden house at the foot of the mountain. However, because the room could only accommodate a limited number of people, except for the cadre-level soldiers, the rest could only hide in the shade of the trees to avoid the rain.
After throwing his coat to the elf slave and ordering it to wring it dry, Prince Harry sat down on a low stool facing the wooden door. The stool groaned as if it was about to fall apart due to not being used for a long time.
"Damn it."
The sweat mixed with the rain, and the sticky feeling made Prince Harry curse under his breath.
"Don't ever let me meet those people again."
That group of people refers to Ella and her group who fought back in the Colosseum. After Prince Harry failed in Bahamla Town, they first found the mayor of Bahamla Town. From the mayor and the innkeeper, they learned the information about Ella and her group. The name of Mitis became the target of Prince Harry's anger.
When Mitis passed through the city of Ide where the Colosseum was located, she appeared under the name of the Crimson Gold-level adventurer Mitis. Mitis happened to be the only vampire who entered the city of Ide that day, so Prince Harry immediately combined the two.
Whenever Prince Harry thought about his conversation with the blonde girl on the outskirts of Bahamla Town, he felt as if countless people were laughing at his stupidity behind his back. The person who hurt his noble body was right in front of him, but he let her escape right under his nose. This was undoubtedly a shame. If his brothers and sisters knew about it, they would probably make a joke of it in the court.
Thinking of this, Prince Harry let out a dull groan from his throat and paced around the room impatiently.
"Why won't the rain stop?"
"Prince, please be patient. The Kumi can't go far at this speed."
"That's not what I'm talking about! Wood, you too, chose to stop me at that moment. If you hadn't said it would delay the trip, I would have caught those two bitches long ago, and now we wouldn't be in this situation—"
Having said that, Prince Harry looked at the cadre-level soldiers in the wooden house, and in order to save his face, he changed his words awkwardly.
"Don't talk too much in the future. I have my own judgment."
"That girl didn't look ordinary. I said that to prevent you, Prince, from getting hurt. The information we have is that the vampire is a Crimson Gold-rank adventurer. If you had forcibly removed her hood, you would have been the first to get hurt."
The gloomy Earl of Wood walked up to Prince Harry and comforted him.
"We only had less than 300 soldiers with us at the time, so a head-on confrontation wouldn't be advantageous for us. Even a Crimson Gold-rank adventurer couldn't fight 300 soldiers on his own, but if the blond next to us was also an adventurer, I'm afraid..."
Although anger was still burning in his mind, Prince Harry's reason told him that Earl Wood was right. With his strength of less than level 20, he might not be able to hold out for even a minute against a Crimson Gold-level adventurer.
However, precisely because he knew that Earl Wood was right, he felt a sense of suffocation in his chest, like a small fire burning, making it impossible for him to calm down.
After repeatedly smacking his lips in dissatisfaction, Prince Harry finally found someone to vent his frustration on - the slave elf who wrung out his clothes under his command.
"Why haven't you wrung it out yet?"
"Master, this is the maximum you can do. If you push any harder, your clothes will get damaged..."
"Where's your magic? Don't elves all use nature magic?!"
"I didn't learn—"
boom.
Before the slave elf could finish his words, Prince Harry kicked him in the abdomen. The heavy force sent the slave elf flying backwards, hitting the wall of the wooden house and fainting. However, this might be a kind of happiness for the slave elf, as at least he would no longer feel pain after fainting.
"Trash is trash."
As if touching the slave elves would dirty his feet, Prince Harry patted his boots, then turned his gaze to the side and saw Wood looking at him with admiration. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He knew that Earl Wood had a habit of abusing slaves, so he admired his behavior just now.
[This guy is a complete villain.]
Even Prince Harry felt a chill when he thought of the various torture instruments in the basement of Earl Wood's mansion. There were amputated limbs everywhere and the smell of blood was disgusting. Prince Harry believed that Earl Wood was the most unacceptable person he knew.
Prince Harry shivered at the nausea that surged in his heart and the coldness brought by the rain. He bent down and picked up the damp clothes from the slave elf lying on the ground.
"You said earlier that the villain who attacked me was also in this direction. Do you have any clues?"
"According to the mayor of Bahamla Town, those people are envoys from the Demon Tribe heading to the Dacia Kingdom. They are also good friends of Commander Lingran, who is passing through the territory."
"The demon's messenger?"
Prince Harry couldn't help but frown and looked back at Wood with some worry.
"Could it be a messenger sent by the Demon King?"
"No, he's an envoy sent by Count Kakarit. The specific reason is unknown."
"That's good. As long as we do it cleanly, we won't be discovered. If this is a messenger sent by the Demon King, and if they send a magic researcher who can replay the scene, we'll all be in trouble."
"It's natural."
Lord Wood gave a stiff smile.
After a pause, Prince Harry recalled the soldiers' description - the women in the carriage were all very rare and beautiful types, and he began to feel excited and waved to Wood.
"As usual, you like smaller types, right? Remember the blond and dragon type suits your taste."
Lord Wood did not answer but nodded slightly. Seeing this, Prince Harry sighed.
"There's no point in discussing this now. We just have to catch them."
Cursing inwardly, Prince Harry looked up at the rain outside.
"The rain has subsided. Let's leave quickly. I'll feel more at ease if I can return home sooner."
"Of course, Prince."
After bowing slightly to Prince Harry, Earl Wood directed the officers to stand and then walked out of the cabin himself.
It didn't take long for the troops to be re-formed. Considering the narrow mountain road, Earl Wood ordered the soldiers to line up in two columns. Now there was only one thing hindering them.
"Prince, do you still need that elf?"
"Take it with you. It might be of some use."
After getting this elf, I didn't pass through the town and had no chance to experience it at all, otherwise I would have lost interest long ago.
"Set off!"
At the general's loud command, the army of 400 people started moving again.
Chapter 33 Opening
After walking down from the top of the mountain, Prince Harry and his entourage soon arrived at another higher hillside. Going further south will be a plain area, so this is the best observation point.
"Can you see it?"
Prince Harry asked an elven scout behind him.
"Prince, there is a carriage and a group of Kumi in the south near the riverbank."
"Oh, I finally caught up. All this effort was not in vain."
"carriage?"
Following Prince Harry, Lord Wood frowned.
"Yes, it's a common carriage, and there's an elf on horseback outside."
"What does an elf look like?"
"The hair looks brown, and black, but it's too far away to see clearly."
"A carriage and a single horse... is that consistent with what the news reported? Prince, the Kumi are likely colluding with your attackers."
"Isn't that good news?"
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