58. Despicable Me
Despicable is the passport for the despicable, and noble is the epitaph of the noble.
For Lance, the word mean is not usually derogatory. On the contrary, in the Abyss, no matter what you have done or used to achieve your goal - in the end, only the winner is the king.
Reims was not surprised to receive Sir Mavie's reply. In fact, there was another letter on his desk, sent by Victor and the others. The contents of the two letters were exactly the same, but for the cautious county magistrate, all this was necessary.
However, compared to what he will do next, it is not too much caution.
It has to be said that Lance himself is a contradictory group. His character has a cautious side, and at the same time, the courage to burn the boat and be able to do anything.
Heigang and his team had left Gulu Ridge not long ago, and through the secret passage dug by the crypt, they arrived at the other end of the tunnel, the border of Feronte County. Their trip had only one purpose - the envoys of the Duke of Talonia.
This matter seems to be mixed with incredible and unreasonable, because Duke Talonia is the friend of Lord Relton, Lance's old son, and Victor and Fiona's biological father. The most bizarre thing is that the movements of this envoy group were revealed to Lance by these two sons of the Duke and daughters of the Duke.
This was the situational dialogue at that time.
"If you say this, your Highness's birthday seems to be coming soon. My father is busy preparing for the gift for the audience."
The topic is Victor and Lance mention why they were able to run out of the Duke's territory without being arrested.
But Lance obviously heard something else from it.
"When will the Duke's envoys go on the road?"
"It's probably the end of the month. You have to go to Demon King City a few days in advance."
Judging from this conversation, Lance's goal was not only to the Duke's envoy, but even involved the Demon King.
When I think of the lofty demon king, I guess there is no one who is not afraid of anyone who is born in the abyss. Even his enemies feel deeply afraid and fear of his existence.
——This is for granted.
After all, the demon king who can rule the six lords of the abyss has been here since ancient times. Just look at his past history and you will know that this demon king, who is known as the strongest in the history of the abyss, is definitely not a false reputation. Those achievements that were originally listed separately were enough to be famous in history, are just an ordinary footnote to him, and those powerful men who should have shined in any era - his enemies, were all buried in the dust of history to set off the greatness of this supreme king.
The only thing this devil king who was shocking the past and the present did not do is only two things.
The first thing is to unify the abyss plane. Although the kingdom army will win every battle, it is not as simple as imagined to send troops to war due to the terrain, climate and environment of the abyss.
The abyss is divided into six seasons, each lasting for two months. However, unlike the simple spring, summer, autumn and winter of the surface world, the seasons in the abyss are divided by elements. Dead silence, flowing fire, storm, quietness, eternal darkness and demon tide.
To be honest, the reason why the Abyss Kingdom dreams of conquering the surface world is that the environment of the abyss is too poor. No matter whether there are lands like Gululing, where land is barren and poor, the quarter of the abyss is more like a collection of disasters.
Every year starts with the flow of fire. In this month, the fire element is extremely strong, the abyss lava erupts, the river of flame is abnormally active, the temperature is the highest in the year, and it is also the time when the fire spell is the strongest. As time goes by, the fire energy spreading on the abyss is gradually fading, but when the storm comes, the raging storm will not only destroy houses and sweep vegetation, but also cause great obstacles to march and travel. Like the season of Fire, the wind element of the season of Storm is extremely prosperous, and the savages can exert 1.5 times the power of the usually.
When the manic storm gradually ceased, the abyss finally ushered in his two most peaceful months, the Quiet Season, just like its name, everything was peaceful in this quarter, but war usually also concentrated on this moment, so the name became ironic. However, every ruler or ambitious, even the lofty demon king, had to be wary of the two quarters that followed.
Eternal Darkness - In other words, it is the eternal night. This is the season when the fluorescent grass illuminated above the zenith. The earth is full of darkness. This time, it can be said to be very dangerous. Monsters walk in the darkness, but it is not the most dangerous moment. When the month enters the demon tide and a large number of elements burst out, the monsters begin to mutate one after another. Although all elemental magic can achieve 1.8 times the effect, at this time, monsters will actively attack nearby villages and city blocks. In the past, villages that were accidentally destroyed by monsters are everywhere. At this time, they are too busy to take care of themselves, so they don’t say they will send troops.
Finally, when the fluorescent grass ended its long rest period and brought light to the abyss again, due to the excessive consumption of elements, the abyss entered a dead silence for two months. At this time, the power of the elementals wandering in the air was extremely scarce, and all magicians had only 50% of their power and 50% of their success rate.
In this way, the land with abundant water and soil in the ground world is not too attractive all year round. And the most important point is that the races in the ground world are very weak. Even the powerful elves they call are just a garbage race for the demons, not to mention weak humans.
In contrast, the other races fighting the kingdom in the abyss are much stronger. Even so, they are still living a peaceful life under the great ambitions of the Demon King.
Conquering the ground world is the second wish of the Demon King. He once was extremely close. It was the 277th year of the Heihuang Realm, 90 years ago. When the Demon King was in his prime, he commanded the six lords who had just been unified. A huge army of demons like black locusts surged into the surface world.
In this battle, the human kingdom was almost completely destroyed. The elves and dwarves were all in their power to resist the kingdom's iron hooves. However, just when the demon king was about to get what he wanted, those cunning angels - they sneaked into the back of the demon army, destroyed the gate of time and space, and used abominable secret techniques to throw the demon king and his army back to the world of the abyss.
This battle caused the kingdom to lose half of its combat power and a lord (the Cyclops, later succeeded by his eldest son Zangla). In the end, the result of the loss of nothing made the Demon King Thunder angry, but it was useless to just get angry. The time and space gate leading to the human world is like a ruin. No one knows how many years it appeared. This wait has passed 90 years.
Although the demon is extremely long than humans, it has its own age. The Demon King is now 673 years old and has passed his prime. I don’t know that he can wait for a few more 90 years. (The general age of demons is around 800 years old, at most 1,000)
But no matter what the Demon King thinks, the people under his command still have to do things peacefully. Just like the Demon King's birthday, those with great prestige must prepare gifts. The Duke of Talonia, a distant relative who has been associated with the Wang family, must also be present in addition to gifts. However, the Duke of Talonia has decided to go to the Lord's Fort and go with the old Lord Relton, so his gifts are given first.
Of course he could not have thought that in the land of the kingdom, someone would dare to rob the tribute gifts to the devil under the banner of a duke.
But Lance at least proved that there are still people in this world who dare to do so.
It was around noon on the 24th, and the first month of the Quiet Moon was about to come to an end.
The Demon King's birthday was at the beginning of the next month, so the Duke arranged for the gift-giving envoys to march at this time. The Duke of Talonia's territory was west of the territory of the River of Fire. If they wanted to go to the Demon King City, they had to cross half of the territory of the old lord's territory. According to the friendship between the Duke and the lord, there was no problem, but when the team marched to Black Valley County, the captain of the envoys, Ofan, the first swordsman under the Duke, discovered that something seemed wrong.
This swordsman with an attribute rating of A level could feel someone looking at him from a distance. When a person's strength rose to his level, his five senses ability was far beyond ordinary people. If he really fought, he could sweep an army by one Ou Fan.
But how could Lance not know this? After all, the Duke's two good sons and good daughters have completely sold their own details. Now they are working with outsiders to deal with him. I wonder if the Duke will be angry after he knows the truth. Fiona was so angry that he didn't care anyway. Only Victor seemed to be timid at that time, and then was awakened by a loud slap from his sister.
Faced with such a strong enemy, Lance will naturally not be able to take the lead. That is no different from dying. Moreover, he cannot really attack the Duke's people, otherwise Lance will not have any good results if it really makes a big deal.
He was bold, but he was also cautious. As long as he ensured that the Duke's carriage and horses were safe and the goods he was transported were not lost, even if he was really exposed in the end, he found that it was Lance's cause behind his back. Then, relying on the relationship between the Duke and the lord, and the Duke's own son and daughter involved, he would not make a big deal. He would probably be done with a close silence and scolding - this risk was acceptable to Lance.
But for his enemies, it was a catastrophe.
If you can't attack hard, you can only use other methods. Fortunately, in addition to a bunch of people who are willing to contribute to him, Lance also has some people who help him use his brain and a talent that can successfully implement the plan.
Aikil!
When Lance asked him if there was any way to deal with a strong enemy without hurting the opponent, Lance's royal craftsman gave a positive answer.
"Yes." Aikil replied briefly.
This human craftsman has been busy with the construction tasks of Gulu Ridge recently, so he has never had time to fiddle with the gadgets he designed, but Lance still remembers that this guy recognized the weakness of the Water Dragon and helped them subdue the powerful Water Dragon.
"But I can only delay for a short while, is that okay?"
“How long does it take?”
"Ten minutes."
Chapter completed!