Goron turned around and saw a familiar figure. He was a middle-aged knight with a pretty good temperament. Although he was wearing a gorgeous full-body silver armor, he didn't look like a warrior. He took off his helmet and put it under his arm. He looked very calm. . Behind this man, there was actually a team of nearly fifty heavily armored knights. At the end of the team, there was also a white-robed mage. When he saw this mage and the extremely special mark on his robe, After that, Goron immediately knew why so many people appeared behind him and he knew nothing about it.
It was a "Quiet Barrier", and it was a very high-level army limited version of the "Quiet Barrier" that could almost perfectly conceal the whereabouts of a small army.
Coupled with the eye-catching black mountain emblem on the armor and shields of this army, it is obvious who the visitors are. They are from the imperial capital of Montenegro.
"Wait, let me think about your name... Gloria! By the way, your name is Gloria! Gloria? Cristia? Tabris Xiuwen, that boy from Luochiaogang Old Street, uh... beautiful Boy! But aren't you already dead? That guy Kula Khan has been sad about this for a long time, and even had a complete quarrel with the Survey Corps... "
"Gloria"... This is the pseudonym that Gron once used, a pseudonym with a somewhat humiliating nature. This guy obviously meant to say "male//prostitute" at first. Although he finally changed his words to "beautiful boy", the words he said still filled Goron's heart with disgust. He had already recognized the other person at this time, and it brought back a bad memory.
That was one of the two nobles he encountered when he was involved in the "Women's Storm" in the old street. Goron heard someone call him "Lord Bahrain". He and another guy were both noble officers affiliated with the Survey Corps at the time, and one of them ended up. It was that pervert who loved pedophilia, Baron Kulahan, the commander-in-chief of the 7th Battalion of the Survey Corps, who unexpectedly took a fancy to him. He also used his identity as an officer of the Survey Corps to forcefully pressure and coerce Lao Cai, forcing him to make sacrifices, and finally agreed to follow this bastard under false pretenses. Later, I accidentally learned the secret of the leader of the Survey Corps, and was later attacked by the Crystal Lake mage and faked his death. There is no need to go into details.
"Lord Bahrain, it's a surprise to see you here. Thank you for your concern. But I didn't die at that time. I was just kidnapped. But this is another boring and lengthy story. I have gone through a lot of things. But I don’t think you are interested in the experience of a humble person..."
Gronn responded vaguely, but in his mind he was repeatedly weighing whether he could annihilate this cavalry team. Although the result was not very optimistic, Gronn was still secretly prepared for the battle. Of course he knew the impact and consequences of attacking an imperial regiment within the radiation range of the imperial capital Black Mountain, but he also had his own difficulties.
In the end, what was supposed to come came...
"Lord Balin, look! The body of an ogre is found here. Wait, this is not a corpse. This ogre is still alive. Everyone, prepare for battle!"
When the knights discovered the presence of Chopper Blackhand in the thick grass, they immediately formed a battle formation as if they were facing a powerful enemy. Some of the knights dismounted and raised their shields to prepare for defense, while others straightened their lances and rode back. Preparing to launch a powerful charge, the accompanying mage also began to chant a powerful spell of destruction to prepare for the attack.
An adult ogre can easily wipe out a human squad, same thing. Being able to participate in killing an adult ogre also means full military merit and enough capital to show off for a long time.
"Wait. Don't attack him!" Goron rushed out and opened his arms to block Chopper. Between the two options of fighting immediately or trying to delay, he finally chose the latter.
"This ogre has been seriously injured and unconscious. He poses no threat at all! There is no need for you to kill him!"
Balin frowned, raised and put down the riding whip in his hand, and then said to Gronn: "Gloria, what is your relationship with this ogre? Please give your answer carefully. This matter is of great importance. As a Captain of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps, I have the right and obligation to protect the safety of the Imperial Capital."
As the capital of the empire, "Black Mountain" has begun to rot and deteriorate from the inside, but it is still one of the most heavily guarded and well-defended capitals in the entire continent. Gronn came here from the abyss of hell through plane teleportation, which will inevitably arouse the vibration of the plane wave, and will be discovered and warned by the surveillance facilities of the imperial capital. Bahrain will appear here with his troops precisely to find out the truth about the source of the plane fluctuations.
"I... This ogre and I were both captured by a slave-catching group. As a result, the ogre suddenly went berserk and killed the guards and rushed out of the slave-catching group because... because I had fed him before. Food, so... So he didn't attack me, so I ran out with him... "
Gron had no time to think about it, so he could only tell such a lie that was full of loopholes. His eloquence is ordinary, so he naturally doesn't expect to convince these guys with just a few words. However, Gron is also prepared for the worst. When the lie is exposed, he will transform immediately, and then use The ogre's "body communication technique" is used to try to "persuade" the other party.
"... We have detected the oscillation of space waves in this area. What does it have to do with you?"
"Space wave? What is that?" Goron was not pretending this time. His knowledge of magic was limited to the stories told by the prisoners. Naturally, he knew nothing about professional terms like "space wave". But Goron is not stupid after all. Thinking that he suddenly appeared here after returning from the abyss of hell, Goron can roughly guess what the "space wave vibration" is about.
"By the way! I remembered that one of the wizards among the slave traders once cast a spell to imprison me and the ogre. However, it seemed that the spell failed. Suddenly a door of light appeared around us, and we were Breathe it in, and when you come out, you'll be here. By the way, where is this? "
Gron tried to plagiarize the plot of a certain story he had heard, and then pretended that he did not know where he was. It would be better if his memory was vague, so as to avoid the other party asking questions that were difficult for him to answer. Although the story was still full of flaws without careful consideration, maybe his luck had not been exhausted yet. The military mage who had been silent beside him suddenly interrupted: "Is that spell 'space detention'? Huh, How could a fallen mage who became an assistant to a slave trader successfully perform such high-level space magic? Failure in casting is inevitable, and after the space detention spell fails, there is indeed a chance that a random space portal will be opened. You little kid? Guys are really lucky. In the past, only one or two out of ten guys who were sucked into random portals would come back."
The blind cat actually encountered a dead mouse... This unruly and arrogant old mage actually put a huge patch on Gron's lies. Now he even knows where the non-existent slave-catching group is and where it is now. Goron didn't need to answer why he appeared here. Anyway, he was accidentally teleported here by an out-of-control spell.
Gronn's current image is that of a boy who has not fully grown up, is ragged and covered in dirt, but is a little too beautiful. Bahrain instinctively does not want to make things too difficult for him. When the knight adjutant next to him asked him again for instructions on how to act, Balin waved his arm and said nonchalantly: "We have already investigated this area, and there is no demon portal. It is just after a certain space magician failed to cast a spell. It's just a disturbance. The alert is lifted. Just write it in the report. Anyway, we are going to withdraw our troops and return to the city."
"However, we have only explored less than half of this area..." Balin glared at the rest of the knight's adjutant's words, and then said lazily: "The only thing I'm worried about is that the space wave anomaly will appear. The demon portal, but that thing is very conspicuous. You can see it from thousands of meters away, and you can feel its magic power fluctuations. But do you think there is a demon portal here? What's more, the magician doesn't feel it either? To the fluctuation of magic. Master Magician and I were sent out to patrol the city in the middle of the night. Aren’t we tired? "
The knight's adjutant almost lowered his head under the horse's back and dared to retort. However, his mind became much clearer because of this, and he immediately said: "Yes, yes... Sir, you are right, there is no demon portal here, our mission has been successfully completed. There is also this ogre and this child … We… we don’t have to take them back to the guard.”
According to regulations, dangerous restricted slaves like ogres should be killed or captured immediately if they are found without an owner, and then placed under the unified management of the state-run slave agency. But... a living ogre slave is worth almost one percent of his body weight in gold coins, and some rare species will be even higher. In addition, the overly handsome boy claimed to have escaped from a slave-catching group. According to the formal procedures, he should be handed over to the corresponding agency, and then his family should be found and sent home. Of course, if you don't follow the rules, you can still be regarded as a "slave". In a sense, his worth is even higher than that of the ogre.
Such dirty things seem to have become a common thing in the Imperial City Guard and in Montenegro today. No one is surprised, and no one thinks it should be wrong. When Bahrain raised his hand and said: "There is no cannibalism here. Demon? Where is the little boy? Why didn't I see it?" All the knights, including the accompanying mage, showed a knowing smile. After seeing this, Balin was naturally very satisfied and continued: "I I've booked a night at Maria's Bar. You can go there and have a good drink tonight. All expenses will be charged to my account. But before that, hey! You guys, take this ogre and this kid with you. Go to my villa, take good care of the ogre, and find a therapist to treat it. Don't let him die. As for you, my lovely Gloria, I think I can have a good relationship with my best friend Ku. Baron Lahan made a good deal..."
*******************************(To be continued...)