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The light shone on the window, reflecting Lucy's figure. She stood by the window and stared at the empty street. Someone knocked on the door. Lucy said, "Come in." Guna pushed the door open and entered. The girl was holding a plate in her hand with a bowl of hot soup on it. Guna put it down and said softly, "Miss, you haven't slept yet?"
Lucy turned around and smiled. "I can't sleep."
"Are you worried about Lord Allen? Although such a terrible thing happened, I don't think anything can trouble Lord Allen. " Guna smiled and put the bowl of soup on the table. "You must have drunk a lot at the banquet tonight. This is the soup I made. It has the effect of relieving alcohol and calming the nerves. Miss, drink it and rest early. "
"Thank you." Lucy took a sip. The soup was sweet, and she drank it slowly. Guna had already made the bed for her. After helping her sleep, she left.
She didn't know if Guna's drink really had the effect of calming the nerves, but Lucy slept soundly. When she opened her eyes, Allen was already sitting in front of the bed, looking at her with a smile. Lucy quickly got up and asked, "Have you rescued Regis and the others?"
Allen shook his head. "There was an accident last night." He briefly told her about the Trembling Snake's nest and said, "I have sent someone to find Graham and ask him to take me to visit General Arkham in the morning to see if he can help us."
At this time, someone knocked on the door and said, "Lord Allen, the clerk is here."
"Got it." Allen reached out and touched the golden hair on Lucy's forehead. He kissed her forehead and said, "I'll be back soon."
Lucy nodded obediently.
He left the room and went downstairs. Graham was already waiting with a smile in front of a carriage. When he saw Allen, he went up to greet him, opened the door for him, and said, "Mr. Mayor has heard about what happened last night and has asked me to fully cooperate with Lord Allen."
"Thank you." Allen didn't stand on ceremony and got into the carriage.
Today, to visit General Arkham, Allen only brought Nairi and four guards with him. It could be considered a light cavalry. Arkham's General's Mansion was located near the Bear Armor Army's camp, separated from the main camp by a wall. This place was already close to the city, and the area was vast. A road extended from the city, bypassing a lake, and directly reaching the square of the General's Mansion. Apparently, Graham had informed the General's Mansion in advance. The carriage stopped in the square. As soon as Allen got out of the car, he saw a group of tall and majestic Bear Armor Army soldiers lined up on both sides of the door. Although they said they were waiting respectfully, the soldiers' eyes flashed with faint hostility. It was more like they were demonstrating their might to Allen.
The Grayback Bear Armor Army was a rare heavy unit in the Imperial Army. Even if they were ordinary soldiers, the armor they wore was not the usual light armor, but heavy chain mail. If it was the Tyrant Bear, an elite unit of the Bear Armor Army, they were all covered in heavy plate armor, like a torrent of steel.
An officer of the Bear Armor Army saluted Allen and said in a low voice, "General Arkham is in the arena. Please follow me."
Allen and his party followed him into the General's Mansion. As they walked through the door, the Bear Armor Army soldiers on both sides cast a sharp look at Allen. Although Graham wasn't the first to bear the brunt, his legs were still weak from the invisible murderous intent in their eyes. Ellen narrowed his eyes. The Bear Armored Army clearly wanted to give him a dismount, so he snorted softly. He snorted lightly, and the Heavenly Fire Origin Energy in his body began to circulate, naturally releasing a bit of momentum.
The Bear Armor Army soldiers on both sides suddenly felt an invisible pressure, as if a mountain was pressing down on them, making them unable to breathe. Only when Allen walked into the General's Mansion did the pressure disappear. The Bear Armor Army soldiers' battle clothes were already soaked with sweat, and they all felt that the chain mail on their bodies was much heavier than usual.
The General's Mansion was very spacious. As one of the few great generals of the Empire, Arkham even had a fighting arena in his own mansion. Armor and weapon racks were placed on both sides of the arena. When the Bear Armor Army officer led Allen into the arena, he happened to see several bare-chested men wrestling. Four of the scarlet men took turns attacking a burly man like an iron tower, facing Allen and the others on his broad and thick back, covered in scars.
At this moment, a loud shout rang out from the arena. The burly man cupped his hands and overturned all four men who wanted to push him down.
"General, Viscount Allen and Lord Graham are here." The Bear Armor Army officer shouted from behind the man.
The man said, "Oh." Then he turned around, revealing a chiseled face. This man carried an undisguised sharpness and tyrannical pressure, and even Allen felt a stab of needles. Graham's face turned green and he was sweating profusely. It seemed that he was about to collapse under Arkham's pressure. Allen gestured, and Nairi understood and helped Graham down.
Arkham took the towel from the warrior beside him and wiped the sweat off his body. "You're that Allen, the Allen who took two moves from Old Hoey's gun?" he asked.
"That's me."
Arkham grinned and suddenly reached out to the weapons rack on the side of the arena. A double-edged crescent axe leaped up from the rack and landed in the general's hand. Without pausing, Arkham threw it at Allen. The crescent axe spun like a gray wheel, whistling through the air as it slashed at Allen's face. Graham almost fainted at this sight, but Allen was motionless, not even his eyelids twitching.
Just when the wheel of the axe was about to strike, the crescent axe suddenly deviated from its original trajectory, sweeping past Allen's left and embedding itself in the wall behind him. The wall trembled and then collapsed.
Allen said, "Is this how the general treats his guests?"
"What, you have a problem with that?" Arkham put down the towel, his body exuding a powerful pressure. The objects behind him began to twist and blur, as if an invisible storm had appeared at the general's side.
In the face of the might of the Imperial Great General, Allen narrowed his eyes, and the light around him began to dim. A layer of red light quietly rose, instantly dyeing everything in the area with a layer of fiery light. Sparks and ashes began to drift down from the sky, as if the sky above Allen's head had been set ablaze.
At this moment, a series of crackling noises came from the arena. The ground shook and cracked, and tiny gravel was lifted up by an invisible force, slowly rising into the air and spreading out between the two men. The energies released by Allen and Arkham clashed on the ground. Whether it was the officers of the Bear Armor Army or Allen's guards, none of them could withstand the might of the two men and were forced to retreat.
Graham found it even harder to breathe. He was like a man who had fallen from a height of ten thousand meters. He wanted to shout to vent the pressure in his heart, but he couldn't make a single sound. This made the clerk feel terrible. What he didn't know was that if not for Nairi taking most of the pressure for him, he would have been knocked unconscious by the power of the two experts.
Suddenly, a thunderous roar rang out. The ground between Allen and Arkham split open, and countless sand and stones sprayed out from the cracks, forming a cloud of dust and smoke. Only then did Arkham snort. "Interesting."
Then the might slowly receded like a receding tide.
Allen also retracted his aura and Origin Energy and calmly looked at Arkham. The commander of the Bear Armor Army waved his hand, and an officer handed him a cloak. Arkham put on the cloak and said, "I've also heard about what happened yesterday. So, Sir Allen, what do you want from me?"
"I want to know about the Howling Forest and the Queen of Fear," Allen said bluntly.
"You're quite direct. I heard that the Resting Soil has appeared in the nest of those poisonous snakes?" Arkham looked at Graham, who was about to faint, and the latter nodded with all his strength. The general frowned. "That's strange. The Queen of Fear's dormancy period is still a few years away, so the Howling Forest has been very quiet these past few years. Lovett, was there anything unusual about our defensive line in the cemetery last night? "
The officer who led Allen and the others in shook his head and said, "I haven't received any relevant reports, but there hasn't been any danger on that line for many years. It's hard to be sure that the garrison on the line won't be negligent."
"Then bring someone to inspect it personally. If anything unusual happens, don't tell me. Just report it to Sir Allen directly." Arkham grinned, "No little fellow has dared to go against me like this all these years. You're the first." For this sake, I can tell you about the Howling Forest, but don't expect me to send troops to help you. Also, you're quite strong. Instead of helping that good-for-nothing prince, it's better to change masters. The First Prince is a good choice. As for the conditions that the Second Prince promised you, the First Prince can give you the same, or even more. "
Allen said indifferently, "General, I'm not in the mood to think about such things now."
Arkham shrugged and said indifferently, "Up to you."
At noon, Allen returned to the hotel and immediately got his men to prepare for battle. He had already obtained relevant information about the Howling Forest and the Queen of Fear from Arkham. Even if Arkham didn't think that the Queen of Fear had anything to do with the abduction of Regis and the others, the Resting Soil that only existed in the depths of the Howling Forest had appeared at the scene. It was necessary for Allen to go to the forest to take a look. Originally, he was still thinking about how to distribute the manpower. After all, there was a precedent. Allen was worried that the other people in the hotel would be attacked if he left.
Unexpectedly, the officer of the Bear Armor Army came with a small team and stationed themselves in the hotel. Arkham said that he wouldn't send troops to help, but he was willing to guarantee that Allen wouldn't be attacked in the city while he was in Mosaior. As such, Allen was relieved to bring the strong Lola along. With the Bear Armor Army stationed at the hotel, if someone attacked, it would be equivalent to slapping Arkham in the face. Be it public or private, Arkham wouldn't allow such a thing to happen, so the safety of the people in the hotel was guaranteed.
Allen wiped Gojoseon and did the final check for the trip. Lucy looked at him and said, "I'll go too."
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