Chapter 809: The Homeless on the Coast
"Don't listen to Bundak's nonsense. I will feel much better when I wake up." Kant waved his hand with a smile and said, "I don't need you to take care of me at all."
After listening to Kant's words, Abel breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, the dragon doctor's medical skills are superb. It is absolutely impossible for the two of us to let your majesty reduce your fever so quickly."
"Before I set off today, I wanted to thank the doctor, but I didn't find him in the castle." Bandak recalled.
"The doctor must have been delayed a lot yesterday." Kant heard from Bundak that the doctor personally ordered the kitchen to prepare the meal, so he guessed: "There are usually not many people in this castle. I fainted yesterday. It's time to startle the people of the Dragon Clan."
"Not only them, but we were also taken aback." Bandak glanced at Kant and said, "Fortunately, it was just a false alarm."
"Hehe." Kant said with a light smile, "I'm sorry to make you worry. My health is very good now."
"It's better to bring the medical soldiers in the team." Abel frowned and said, "None of the three of us knows medical skills. It's too dangerous to come to this place where the climate and environment are completely unfamiliar. .”
"It doesn't matter, anyway, we will join the soldiers soon." Kant comforted. While saying these words, he raised his hand and lifted the curtains, looking at the scenery outside the carriage.
Banda Ke was sitting directly opposite Kant, and he glanced at it, saw a pterosaur passing by in sight, and said: "I didn't expect the dragon's territory on the island to be so large. I don't know our Can you get out of here within today?"
"It's really big." Kant nodded and said, "It seems that their territory is almost surrounded by volcanoes."
"After all, he is the 'guardian' of this island." Abel said: "With the protection of the power of the Dragon Clan, the homeless people living near the volcano should live a pretty good life."
"Mixed joy and sorrow." Bandak shook his head and said, "The power of the dragon clan is too monopolistic, so that the homeless people near the volcano must follow the rules they set."
"Well." Kant nodded: "This battle should be regarded as some vagrants on the island putting pressure on the Dragon Clan. However, I don't think they can overthrow this era centered on the Dragon Clan. After all, from the recent days of the Dragon Clan Judging by the actions, they don't seem to be slack in any way."
"Yeah." Abel nodded in agreement with Kant's point of view.
During the bumping of the carriage, the three of them quickly lay down and fell asleep in the carriage.
Until sunset, the groom hired by the dragon clan parked the carriage in front of a dirt slope and woke up the three people who were still taking a nap.
"My lords, I can only stop here today." The groom opened the door curtain and called softly into the carriage.
"Where is this place?" Abel woke up quickly after the carriage stopped. At this time, with sleepy eyes open, he asked the coachman.
"We're almost at the border." The coachman replied, "But there's no hotel to stay here. I guess I can only ask my lords to spend the night in the carriage tonight."
"Understood, you have worked hard too." Banda Ke woke up amidst the conversation, and waved to the coachman: "Come in and warm up by the fire, it's too cold outside."
"Thank you, my lord." The groom said gratefully. He walked to the carriage and took a seat, and stretched his blue hands from the cold to the stove.
"It's almost March, why is it still so cold." Abel rolled the curtains fluttering in the wind to the inside of the car while talking.
"It's okay." The coachman rubbed his hands and replied, "It's just that these places with higher terrain are colder. Those places along the coast should have turned green."
"Nope," replied Bhandak. "We just came from the coast two days ago. It's cold there, too."
"Two days?" the driver asked in surprise.
"Oh, I forgot to mention." Bandak patted his forehead and said, "The soldiers of the Dragon Clan brought us here."
"That's great." The coachman said enviously, "I haven't been back to my home by the coast for a long time. Because it takes at least two months to go back and forth, it is too time-consuming, and many places I pass on the road are too Too dangerous."
"Yeah." Abel had a deep understanding of this point.
"Have you started a family on this island?" Kant asked hesitantly.
The driver, like them, is an ordinary human being. However, humans do not have a fixed community on this island, and it is hard to imagine that nomads of the human race would settle on such a small island.
"Well, my wife is a crew member of a cruise ship in the harbor." The coachman nodded and said, "Also a siren."
"Do you guys have any children?" Bundak couldn't help asking.
"No, but we adopted a siren and a half-orc cub, they can be considered our children." The coachman thought for a while and replied.
"You are amazing." Kant praised.
"Many of the vagrants living near the beach where the harbor is located are idle households like me. There are also some vagrants who don't want to join their own clan forces. Everyone comes from different races, and they gather together to take care of each other. The coachman explained carefully: "When you see abandoned children and so on, you will take them home and raise them."
"That's why." Abel said, "Then why did you come to be a groom near the volcano?"
"Actually, I just want to return the favor of General Creighton." The coachman said, "After waiting for the permit from the Management Bureau at the foot of the volcano, I was transferred here and have been helping the Dragon Clan's subordinates."
"General Creighton?" Bundak asked.
"Ah, I forgot." The coachman said while holding his forehead, "You can't call Master Millard like that now, sorry."
Bandak and Kant looked at each other with a hint of puzzlement in their eyes.
"Master Millard used to be in charge of the army, right?" Abel asked tentatively, "The leader of the dragon clan who led us before seemed to have mentioned this too."
"Yeah." The coachman raised his head, looked at Abel and said, "At that time, the dragon army under the command of Master Millard was really high-spirited. And it was also the best time for security on the island."
When he said this, his pupils shone with light, as if he was also a member of the dragon army.
"Then what happened next?" Bundak asked curiously.
"What happened later, I don't know very well." The coachman shook his head and responded.
Chapter 810: The Carriage Across the Plains
The doubts on the faces of the three of Kant deepened.
"I heard that Master Millard is the designated heir of the Dragon Clan." Bandak said, "But it seems that none of his generals are on this island."
"Where did you hear this news?" asked the groom in shock.
"It was all told by the Dragon Clan leader I mentioned before." Kant replied frankly.
"I didn't expect him to tell you so much." The driver lowered his head and said, "What I know is probably that Master Millard was seriously injured in a battle due to a command error caused by the intensification of internal conflicts in the army. , the 'Wang' sent all the generals who served as counselors overseas."
"What does Master Millard think about this decision?" Kant asked.
"We don't know about this." The coachman shook his head and said, "Too many people have been involved in this matter, and we are just surprised that so many soldiers have been transferred overseas."
"Yes." Kant nodded, and said, "There is no outstanding general who will not cherish his soldiers. Those under Master Millard are really a pity."
"But that was a long time ago." The coachman said with emotion, "Recently, Master Millard's thoughts have probably been devoted to the recent events on the island."
"Recently, a lot of things have happened on the island." Abel nodded and said, "By the way, after talking for so long, I only know that you are a human race. What is your name?"
"Flynn," replied the coachman, "that's what people usually call me."
"Flynn, hello. My name is Bandak, and I'm an officer from Calradia." Bandak continued to introduce: "This is the Lord Kant who commands Calradia, and the person who asked you for his name This is a general from the Elven Kingdom, named Abel."
"Hello!" Flynn would bow his head to show respect every time Bundak said a name.
"After chatting for so long, you must be hungry." Kant took out the luggage bag from under his seat, and greeted Flynn, "It's really unreasonable not to have a good dinner in such a cold weather. I have A lot of dry food, I can give you a part of it."
"No, no. Thank you, Your Majesty." The groom quickly waved his hands and said, "Those of us who are on the road all the year round to drive others, how can we forget to bring food to eat?"
"It's okay, didn't you have to turn back from the small town after you sent us there?" Kant persuaded with a smile: "You should save the food you bring with you."
The groom glanced at Kant and saw that he was determined to persist. So he had no choice but to agree: "Alright then. Thank you Your Majesty for the gift."
"It's okay." Kant shook his head and said.
After dinner, several people got off the carriage to breathe the fresh air in the field.
"The stars in the sky are really bright." Bandak pointed to the blue night sky and said to the people around him.
"Tomorrow should be a good weather." Abel took a deep breath and responded.
"Yeah." Bundak nodded.
Watching the moon rise higher and higher, a cold wind rolled over the plain. The four of them got back into the carriage immediately.
Because the space in the carriage is not very large, so that night, the groom took the initiative to propose to watch the night in the driving position.
Worried about his safety, Bandak also walked out of the carriage and made a bed next to the groom. After the groom fell asleep, he came to watch in the middle of the night to take care of each other.
Kant also agreed to such an arrangement.
This is their last night in Dragon Clan territory.
The next morning, Kant and Abel woke up in the shaking carriage. Flynn and Bundak had already packed everything up and drove out of the border on horseback.
Hearing the movement in the carriage, Bundak happily opened the door curtain. He said to Abel, who was still not sober, "Abel, you are right. Today's weather is really much better."
Kant sat up straight from Bundak's loud voice. He opened the curtains in the car and looked towards the sky.
Looking at the blue sky and blue clouds and the river shining brightly in the sun. Kant's mood also broke away from the dullness of the previous few days, and the corner of his mouth lifted up: "The spring on the island is coming."
Abel handed Kant biscuits and water, and said, "Your Majesty, your breakfast."
"Thank you." Kant took the water, took a sip, and said to Abel.
"Flynn! When will we be able to reach the foot of the volcano?" After breakfast, Abel also stepped out of the carriage, basking in the sun and asked Flynn who was driving the horse.
"This evening." Flynn responded.
"That's really great!" Abel took a deep breath and said, "I can finally sleep in bed tonight."
"Flynn, are you going to stay and live with us tonight?" Bundak said, handing Flynn a glass of water.
"Well, thank you." Flynn took a sip carefully, and replied: "Probably not, there are still guests waiting for me in the town who are going out of the city. I guess I will have to sleep somewhere else tonight."
"Why are you so busy." Abel frowned and asked, "You don't have time to rest like this."
"It's okay," Flynn said with a smile, "I think my current job is pretty good."
Bandak looked at Flynn's smiling side face, his mouth was half open, but he still didn't say anything.
Everyone chatted and hurried on the road. When Flynn was tired, Abel would take the whip from him. Sit in the driving seat for him.
However, after Flynn recovered some of his physical strength, Abel would still consciously give up his driving position under the watchful eyes of Bundak and Kant.
"Don't tell me you haven't practiced riding a horse before going to the battlefield." Bandak scolded Abel.
"This" Abel was speechless in embarrassment.
After all, during his pre-enlistment training, the task of riding a horse almost prevented him from joining the army.
Generally speaking, there is enthusiasm, but the technology cannot be improved no matter what.
"I almost vomited to you just now." Kant couldn't help complaining.
".I'm sorry." Abel said with no embarrassment under the siege of the two.
"Hahaha," Flynn laughed, glanced at the three of them, and said, "You guys are really interesting."
The three looked at each other because of the laughter, and finally laughed too.
Before the sun went down, Flynn sent Kant and others to the small town at the foot of the volcano.
"Aren't you going in?" Bandak asked Flynn standing on the ground.
"Horse-drawn carriages are not allowed to enter the city at will. I have made appointments with future guests to wait for them here." Flynn explained: "I wish you all the best of luck."
"See you again when we have a chance." Kant smiled and waved to Flynn as he walked.
Chapter 811: The Visit of the New Goblin King
After the goblins guarding the city checked the packages they were carrying, they let them go.
The three of them walked towards the main road in the city, and saw many goblin troops patrolling the street.
"It seems that the goblin country is recovering well," Abel nodded and said, "It has taken back the jurisdiction of this small town."
After hearing his words, Bandak, who had never been here before, asked in surprise: "Is this town under the volcano governed by goblins?"
"No, no, it's supervised by the forces living on the volcano in turn. It's just that in recent years it's the turn of the goblins." Abel explained.
"I heard that you adopted a goblin as a prisoner on your way to the volcano." Kant said, "That goblin is called Gilbert, right? It seems that it has helped you a lot."
"Did DeWitt mention him to you in the letter?" Speaking of Gilbert, a smile appeared on the corner of Abel's mouth, and he responded: "He did help us a lot, but we failed to realize that his only what we are asked to do.”
"What did he mention to you?" Kant continued to ask.
"It's a very simple thing: take good care of a soldier." Abel's tone became sad: "However, that soldier, like Clement, had already buried his life in the deep sea during the shipwreck."
"Does Gilbert know the news?" Kant said softly after being silent for a while.
Abel shook his head and replied: "After the incident, I haven't sent him a letter. However, since the Dragon Clan has already known the news, Gilbert should not be far from knowing it. .”
"Since we have come to this small town, you should also go to Gilbert and tell him what happened." Kant patted Abel on the back and said, "This should be one of the few, What we can do for the soldiers who died."
"Yeah. I will," Abel promised.
Abel took Kant and Bundak to live in a hotel where they stayed before.
Just as they were discussing whether to take a walk in the street, an army of goblins rushed into the lobby of the hotel. At the end of the line was Gilbert in brocade.
Kant and Bandak had never met Gilbert before, and when they were guessing Gilbert's identity in their hearts, they saw Gilbert walking straight towards them sitting in the corner.
"Abel, long time no see." Gilbert stood in front of Abel with a smile and greeted him.
"Long time no see, Gilbert." Abel raised his head and looked back.
Kant winked at Bundak, and Bundak immediately laughed at Abel and said, "Abel, it seems that he came to find you on purpose. Let's go shopping in the street first. You two talk slowly. on."
Abel pursed his lips tightly, nodded to Kant, and agreed, "Okay. Be careful."
"Um."
Gilbert sat down beside Abel, looked at the backs of the two of Kant walking towards the door, and asked, "Who are these two?"
"The lord of Calradia and the commander of the army." Abel introduced.
"Do you know why I came to you?" Gilbert nodded and directed the surrounding soldiers to leave the room.
"I'm really sorry about Austiner." Abel lowered his head and responded.
"A few days ago, I heard the news of the shipwreck on the volcano. Before I had time to write to you, I heard that you were taken into their territory by the Dragon Clan." Gilbert clenched his fists and tremblingly asked He asked, "Tell me, did something really happen to Austin?"
"Well, his body has been salvaged in Cumberland." Abel said: "The funeral will be held in Deherim, the main city of Calradia."
"Why did this happen!" Gilbert shouted, "Did you forget what you promised me?"
"People in the army mutinied, and all the crew members on board were dead and maimed." Abel explained: "Even Clement."
After hearing the news, Gilbert looked at Abel in disbelief, and said, "Tell me the name of the traitor, and I will definitely make his life worse than death."
"The soldier who rebelled committed suicide." Abel's shoulders had already shrugged, and he stated: "After helping us draw out the person responsible for contacting his dark side, he jumped off the ship with that person. .”
Gilbert held his forehead with his hands, took a few deep breaths, and said, "It's only been so long since you've left here, and so many things have happened. Is it because you helped the dwarves?"
"Yes. The dwarves set up an ambush on the outskirts of the city after we walked out of the town gate." Abel recalled, "But the soldiers under Dewitt and Claremont didn't let them succeed."
"That's why they bribed the insiders again, and used black hands on the cruise ship you were on." Abel closed his eyes and said, "Where did you find out now?"
"It can only be checked layer by layer." Abel sighed, and said: "Now I only know that one of the snake women named Carat is a member of the secret organization responsible for this plan."
"You don't have any foundation on this island. If you continue to investigate like this, you probably won't be able to find out when the two sides are fighting head-on." Gilbert stood up and said to Abel: "I will let my people go to the matter. Investigate. Just make sure you're safe."
"The lord of Calradia came to this small island in person for this matter, and you asked us to act as if nothing had happened and stay quietly in this small town." Abel shook his head and said: " It's still too much."
"Okay." Gilbert thought for a while, nodded and said: "You really want to investigate, but I can't stop it. Let's compete to see who can find out who is behind this first. Then use the method you most hope Get rid of them."
After saying this, Gilbert left the hotel with the army.
At the entrance of the hotel, I ran into Kant and Bundak who just came back from shopping. Gilbert took the initiative to greet Kant: "Lord of Calradia, hello. I am the new lord of the goblin clan, Gilbert."
"Hi, my name is Kant. This is Calradia's army commander, Bandak." Kant responded politely.
"Commander Bandak, hello." Gilbert's eyes wandered from Kant to Bandak, and said to him: "I don't know, do you remember that there is a soldier named Austin in your team? "
"Remember." Bandak lowered his head slightly and replied, "He is an excellent soldier with a gentle personality and strong execution ability."
Chapter 812 : A Different Kind of Accommodation Experience
"Well, it seems that we are talking about the same person." Gilbert nodded and said, "I heard that his body has been transported back to your country. I will definitely visit him when I have a chance. See you later."
"Yes." Kant and Bundak nodded to Gilbert in unison.
Gilbert glanced at them, then turned and left.
"I heard from DeWitt that the new Goblin Lord seems to be underage." Kant said, looking at Gilbert's back.
"You are young, but you already have the aura to override the throne." Bandak commented.
"Your Majesty Kant! Commander Bundak!" Abel came out from the lobby of the hotel and greeted the two of them.
"How are you talking?" Kant asked.
"Gilbert promised to help us investigate the mastermind behind the dark forces, but he didn't tell me what he would do. It seems that Austin's death really hit him a lot." Abel sighed tone, said.
"I hope Gilbert will not be arrogant in this matter." Bandak said: "If he does something extreme to the dark forces and has a negative impact on his identity, it will be troublesome." gone."
"So we must find out who is behind the scenes before him." Kant said after thinking for a while.
"However, our army will take about five days to arrive here." Bandak said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, the three of us can continue to investigate." Kant said resolutely: "We can go to any place in the town to search for information while this period of time will not attract the attention of the vagrant forces."
"Yes!" Bundak and Abel agreed.
The three of them entered the hotel together, and the hotel owner who was hiding under the counter immediately rushed out and stood in front of them. She said flatteringly, "All distinguished guests are friends of His Royal Highness Gilbert. I was really rude and rude before. I will immediately send a waiter to change a room for you."
"No need." Bandak frowned and said, "The place we live in now is pretty good."
The hotel owner said with a troubled face: "Don't worry, everyone. Your luggage will be delivered to your new guest room by the waiter. You can also customize your dinner yourself, and the dining car will deliver it to your room. All of this is free of charge."
Abel looked up and down at the hotel owner with complicated eyes: he, DeWitt and others also rested in this hotel before. Moreover, Gilbert knocked a big hole in the door of the hotel one night. It seems that two months have passed since the incident, and the boss has completely forgotten about it.
"Okay then." Kant smiled and took the key to the new guest room handed over by the boss. Thank you: "Thank you, boss."
"It's all right." The boss also looked very happy, and responded with a smile.
Bundak pouted, and followed Kant up the stairs leading to the second floor.
The innkeeper looked at Abel who was still standing there, staring at him, and said timidly, "This guest, won't you go up?"
"Boss, the door of this lobby is very nice." After Abel left this sentence, he also walked up the stairs.
The innkeeper looked at Abel's back suspiciously, and said silently: "It's so beautiful, it's impossible to give it to you. I asked someone to give me a new outfit. Eh? This person seems familiar?"
After entering the rearranged guest room, the three of them chose to go to the bed and lie down.
"I'm really tired today." Bandak stretched his stiff body and said, "No one wakes me up until dinner."
"The waiter who delivered the luggage will come to knock on the door later, right?" Abel sat on a chair, looked at the door, and said.
"Please." Bandak had already taken off his boots and covered himself with a quilt.
Abel glanced at him helplessly, and then looked in the direction where Kant was.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Abel walked to Kant's side and asked curiously.
"Today, Bundak and I walked around the streets around here, and now we are writing down the names of the guilds we saw." Kant raised his head and explained.
"So that's the case, is it like the guild in the dwarf town?" Abel nodded.
Kant thought about it with his head on his head, and replied: "There are some differences. Because the guild in this town is run by different races: the scale is smaller than the dwarf guild, and the information you can get is also different. no the same."
"Yeah." Abel nodded and said, "Tomorrow, what is our mission?"
"Of course to find out about Carat's background and her recent movements." Kant responded, "If she has been hiding in the Snake Girl's territory, we have to find a way to lure her out."
"Sure enough, we still have to start with the clues that Ying left us." Abel responded.
"Dong dong dong, is Lord Kant there?" A knock on the door came to the ears of the two.
Kant winked at Abel and motioned him to open the door.
"It's probably the luggage delivery guy." Abel muttered as he walked towards the door.
"Kara—" the door of the guest room was opened by Abel, and there was a waiter in uniform standing outside. The luggage of three people was placed at the foot of the waiter.
Abel picked up the luggage on the ground and thanked the waiter: "Thank you. You have worked hard."
"Excuse me, what's your name?" the waiter stopped Bundak who was about to turn and leave, and asked.
"Well, my name is Bundak." Abel replied back to the waiter.
"Dinner is about to start. Have you ordered?" the waiter took out a notebook and asked.
"Order? No." Abel put the luggage under his feet with a puzzled expression, thought for a while, and replied.
"This is our menu, please take a look at it." The waiter handed over a small cowhide notebook and explained to Abel: "The bell in the room can call the waiter. Just hand over the good menu to him."
"Oh, that's it." Abel nodded and responded, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." The waiter responded. After watching Abel walk in the door with his luggage, he turned and went downstairs.
When Abel walked into the room, Kant immediately put down his pen, stepped forward to pick up the luggage, and asked, "Why have you been chatting for so long?"
"The waiter gave me a menu for dinner, and told me that the bell in this room can summon the waiter in the hotel." Abel put his luggage on the bed and explained, "Let me see what he said Where is the bell."
"It should be that one." Kant pointed to the bell in front of the door.
(end of this chapter)