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(Today's update, two in one chapter ~)
GOR Chapter 522 "Griffin Boy"
"Kakarrot, what a strange name."
In a room on the third floor of the Knight Association's headquarters, Dylon lazily leaned back in a chair. His dirty boots were propped up on the table while he held a contestant's information in his hand. His body still exudes a strong smell of alcohol and cosmetics.
Sitting opposite him, Du Wei glanced at Dylon's Knight's boots, sniffed his nose, and frowned: "Where did you go last night? Which fairy den did you go to fool around? "
"Oh, no, no." Dylon shook his head again and again with a proud expression: "Thanks to you, my Duke, I'm no longer the same as before. I won't go to those cheap fairy dens in the south of the city ….. Those cheap perfume and cosmetics smell – God, it's hard to imagine how I could endure that in the past. Now my identity is different. Last night, a count invited me to the brothel outside the city. I have to say, that place is really great! If it was me, I would never be able to enter that place. Oh, even if I could go in, I wouldn't be willing to spend that price. "
Du Wei smiled. He knows the place Dylon is talking about. He and Prince Son have been there before.
"The girls in that place are too beautiful, so beautiful that they make people intoxicated. Unfortunately, if you didn't come to me early this morning, I would have hugged that little baby and slept until noon. "
With that, Dylon threw the booklet in his hand on the table: "Well, my Duke, let's get down to business. I'm a serious person. When it's time to do business, I will never be perfunctory. "
Du Wei whistled and thought to himself: Serious person? Is there a more indecent guy in this world than you?
"This Kakarrot is the opponent of our beautiful warrior in the finals." Dylon sighed: "It's really disappointing. In fact, I hope we can have two beautiful warriors! Wasn't that right? In the finals, watching two beautiful warriors fight in the ring, the scene will definitely be explosive … Your Excellency Duke, in your words, um, how did you put it … Ah, right, 'stimulating the box office', is that what you said? "
Du Wei curled his lips. "If you want, you can persuade this Kakarrot to dress up as a woman."
Dylon actually thought about it seriously, then shook his head. "Okay, let's stop joking. Let's be serious. My honorable Duke, this martial arts competition will soon be over. Although I am very reluctant to part with it ….. it has earned us a lot of money! If I could, I would like to hold this kind of competition every year. But … the problem now is, what should we do next? The members of Roland's Sword Knight Regiment are all listed in this booklet. Everyone's family background is very clean, and they don't have any special background … Yes, according to your request, all the fellows with special backgrounds have to think of a way to keep them out of the preliminaries. "
Du Wei smiled, but his smile was a little strange. Kakarrot? How interesting!
I don't know if this guy will transform into a Super Saiyan? Or ….. his other name is Sun Wukong?
According to the information, this young man named Kakarrot, 23 years old, was born in the south, and grew up in the south. He started practicing martial arts from an early age and learned from a famous warrior in the south. Moreover, he lived in the southern swamp area all year round – that place is not a paradise for living.
On the contrary.
In the southeastern area of the Roland Continent, there is a large swamp. The climate there is hot, stuffy, and humid. It rains almost half of the year. The swamp also has miasma and poisonous fog that humans find difficult to endure. There are also many poisonous plants ….. More importantly, the southern swamp is a very rare place in the entire Roland Continent where you can find magical beasts!
On the Roland Continent, the areas where magical beasts are frequently active are the Frozen Forest in the north and the southern swamp in the south. Of course ….. it is said that there are sporadic magical beasts in the Kilimanjaro Mountains, but they are very few and can almost be ignored.
In addition to the Frozen Forest, the southern swamp is the favorite place for mercenaries to go. However, in terms of quantity and quality of magical beasts, the southern swamp is a level lower than the Frozen Forest in the north. Most of the magical beasts there are low level creatures, unlike the Frozen Forest in the north where there are high level magical beasts.
Therefore, if you are a poacher, then the northern swamp may be more attractive. This is because the magical beasts produced in the south are very difficult to sell for a high price.
Therefore, the empire has two main legions guarding the border. The Tempest Legion in the north, whether it is fighting power, equipment, or treatment, is a level higher than the Southern Legion. The Tempest Legion is stationed at the edge of the Frozen Forest and has a heavy responsibility. In contrast, the Southern Legion is responsible for guarding the southern swamp and has a lot of free time.
The empire has been disbanding the Southern Legion for many years.
However ….. even so, no one dares to look down on the southern swamp area!
There is only one reason, because the southern swamp area is the only place in the entire continent where a special type of magical beast is produced!
This type of magical beast was the only type of magical beast that lived in groups among all the magical beasts known to the present! (Other than that, most magical beasts live alone.)
This type of magical beast has sharp claws and teeth, powerful and terrifying physical strength, and ….. the ability to fly!
This type of magical beast is a Griffin!
This type of magical beast has a huge eagle head and a sharp beak that can easily peck through a warrior's armor! The sharp claws on their four limbs could effortlessly tear a cow into pieces. Furthermore … they also had a pair of robust wings. When they flapped their wings, the strong winds created by them could blow away an adult man! In terms of strength, an adult Griffin can easily pick up a sheep, fly into the sky, and then throw it down!
At the same time, don't even think about using ordinary bows and arrows to deal with these things that come and go like the wind, because ordinary bows and arrows can't do any damage to these things at all. When they fly, the wind created by the flapping of their wings can sweep away most of the arrows! Moreover, these magical beasts are covered in feathers ….. the strength of the feathers is comparable to the light armor of the empire!
Most of the adult Griffins also have wind magic, although it is only a low level Wind Blade Spell. Moreover, the roar of the Griffins can cause people to feel dizzy.
….. Considering that these magical beasts live in groups, when faced with a flock of hundreds and thousands of Griffins, even a division of soldiers will definitely choose to retreat!
Therefore, although the magical beasts produced in the southern swamp area are mostly of low quality, the empire still maintains a division of soldiers in the border area of the swamp area. This is to defend against these large and ferocious overlords of the sky.
If he were to forcefully count, Du Wei should have "seen" a Lion Vulture before. It was that time when he met Vivian outside of Half Horn City, but the Lion Vulture he saw at that time was an illusion created by Vivian's Illusion Demon Beast.
Even so, the ferocity of the Griffin was enough to leave a deep impression on Du Wei.
In fact ….. Du Wei has been thinking about this for a long time.
That was when Du Wei formed the Decepticon Tiger Aerial Squad and started thinking about the future of the empire's air force!
The Griffin is a ferocious magical beast in the sky. It is without a doubt that Du Wei knows that it is the most suitable creature in the world to be the Knight of the sky's mount!
They are ferocious enough, strong enough, fast enough, and ….. their own strength is very strong.
However, after studying the nature of these magical beasts, Du Wei quickly gave up on this idea.
The reason is simple. Magical beasts like the Griffins are cruel and ….. cunning!
Moreover, they live in groups and do not move alone. Therefore, it is very difficult to capture these ferocious beasts!
If they were faced with a group of griffins, even a group of warriors could only flee, let alone capture a group of griffins and bring them back!
Of course, if there is a Saint level expert in charge, it is not impossible to capture a few of them. But the problem is that these Griffins have another characteristic, and that is: It is very difficult to tame!
Very difficult, very very difficult!
Du Wei found an interesting record in some ancient documents: In Du Wei's previous life, during the reign of the founding emperor of the empire, Aragon, he organized a large scale hunt for Griffins.
With Aragon's valiant strength, coupled with his experience as the founder of a country, he finally succeeded in capturing several hundred Gryphons.
After Du Wei read this information, he immediately understood: This person in his previous life had the same idea as himself, to tame these creatures to form an air force! Moreover, after the adult Griffins were proven to be impossible to tame, Aragon obviously wanted to start taming the newborn Griffins …..
Unfortunately, none of the Gryphons that were captured could be tamed! No matter if it was big or small! After being locked in cages for a few days, all of them went on a hunger strike and died – even the magicians of the empire were unable to solve this problem.
Because for most magical beasts, magicians can sign a soul contract with them and tame them as magical pets ….. Of course, Griffins can do this as well. But ….. Griffins must be in groups to be a deterrent!
But only magicians can control Griffins, ordinary soldiers absolutely can't!
After all, all the magicians of the empire can't be changed to become aerial cavalry!
These ferocious creatures are recognized as the overlords of the southern swamps.
And the people living in the southern swamps have a custom, that is, many of the local warriors will carve the pattern of Griffins on their weapons, such as shields or swords!
If you are in the south and you see someone carving such a pattern on a sword or shield, then you must maintain respect for this person! Because according to the customs of the southern swamps, warriors who are qualified to carve such a pattern on their weapons, have truly experienced a life and death battle with a group of Griffins, and can still come back alive!
And in the south, being able to encounter a group of ferocious Griffins and be lucky enough to come back alive is considered a reflection of strength!
Another reason why Du Wei is suddenly interested in Griffins is that according to the information in his hand, this young man named Kakarrot has lived in the southern swamps for many years, and he is qualified to carve Griffins on his weapons!
In the previous matches, in the preliminaries, Kakarrot didn't even use a weapon and defeated his opponent with his bare hands. And in the semi-finals, the weapons he used are ….. a short spear and a shield. On the shield, there is a flying Griffin!
Du Wei looked at the hourglass in the room and suddenly said to himself, "Time's up ….. I hope this kid won't be late. I don't like people who don't abide by the time."
Just as Du Wei's voice fell, the old servant Doff's rough voice came from the courtyard outside, "Dylon, someone is looking for you!"
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The person who was brought into the room on the third floor by the old servant Doff was the mysterious contestant, Kakarrot.
Because of the manga that was popular among a generation in his previous life, Du Wei had a very good impression of this young man named Kakarrot.
Looking at this guy walking in with an indifferent expression, but there was still a bit of uneasiness in his eyes, Du Wei smiled gently, "There are chairs in the room. Sit down casually. Don't be nervous. "
Dylon frowned and looked at Du Wei. Obviously, it was Du Wei's idea to call this Kakarrot. He didn't tell Dylon in advance.
"Sir." Kakarrot didn't really sit down, but he saluted Du Wei very seriously. Du Wei noticed that this was the etiquette of a civilian meeting an aristocrat, not the Knight's etiquette.
"Why don't you salute the Knight?" Du Wei smiled.
"Because I'm not a Knight yet. I don't have the title and rank of Knight." Kakarrot's voice was neither servile nor overbearing.
"Why don't you have the title of Knight?" Du Wei still smiled calmly, "With your strength, you can take the exam to get the title of Knight."
Kakarrot was silent.
His appearance was very delicate, but his complexion was a little dark, and his hair was messy like straw. This hairstyle aroused Du Wei's wonderful memories of the "Dragon Ball".
Kakarrot's thin lips were tightly pursed. Du Wei could see that this young man was hesitating whether to tell the truth or not.
"Tell the truth." Du Wei slowly reminded him, "You should know my identity. It's not a bad thing for me to ask you to come. I hope you understand that there is an opportunity in front of you now. As for whether you can seize it or not, it depends on whether you can satisfy me … I like honest people. "
"Yes, sir." Kakarrot nodded, "Of course, I know your reputation. In my heart, you are a strong person worthy of my respect. "
Du Wei smiled noncommittally. He knew that his position in the hearts of many young people in the empire … was like an idol.
"Sit down and talk." Du Wei pointed to the chair in the room again, "There is tea on the table. Pour it yourself and drink it. Don't be polite here. Don't be restrained. I don't like people who are too restrained."
Dylon didn't speak. He just looked at Du Wei curiously. He didn't know why Du Wei treated this kid so well.
In fact, Kakarrot was extremely perturbed. At least, he could talk to the world-famous Duke of Tulip face to face. The duke also spoke to him so amiably. His tone was so gentle, and he didn't have the air of a great person … In fact, for the young Kakarrot, the Duke of Tulip had always been an object of worship in his heart.
"I can't take the exam to get the title of Knight." After hesitating for a while, Kakarrot finally said the answer, "My father and mother are slaves. I am the first generation of free people, so … I am not qualified to be a Knight unless I am pardoned."
A smile appeared at the corner of Du Wei's mouth. Then he used an encouraging look to signal the young man to continue.
"My father was a mine slave … He was convicted when he was young and became a slave. He was deprived of his citizenship and sent to the south to open a mine. My mother is …"
Du Wei suddenly smiled and glanced at Kakarrot's dark skin, "Your mother is a Nanyang, right? Your skin is a bit dark, which is a characteristic of Nanyang people. "
"… Yes." Kakarrot nodded. He tried to hide his inferiority in his eyes.
Du Wei could understand his inferiority: After all, in the hearts of the vast majority of Roland people, Nanyang people were equivalent to slaves. It was a synonym for lowly.
"Originally, as the son of a slave, I should also be a slave. My father worked in a mine all his life and finally redeemed his sins … He saved the life of a supervisor in the mine, but he was smashed to death by a stone. The supervisor was a distant relative of an aristocrat. In return, he gave me a chance to be pardoned. I got my freedom and became a free person from a slave … I was eight years old at that time. "
It was a simple story and his tone was somewhat indifferent. However, Du Wei and Dylon could imagine that there was a trace of misery hidden in these seemingly indifferent words.
"The Empire has laws. My parents were slaves. Although they were restored to freedom in my generation, because I am the first generation of freedom, the Empire's laws do not allow people like me to take the exam to obtain the title of Knight. People like me, even if I enter the army, can only be a soldier in my lifetime. It is impossible for me to even be an officer." Kakarrot shook his head, "So I did not take the exam to become a Knight."
This was indeed the Empire's law. According to the law, people of Kakarrot's generation who had just been freed from slavery were not allowed to engage in any "noble" profession. Only his descendants could escape this imprisonment.
Although it was somewhat cruel, this world was a feudal world with a strict hierarchy.
Du Wei smiled, "Who did you learn your martial arts from?"
"My teacher. He used to be a mercenary. After he got old, he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. He took me in and began to teach me since I was eight years old …"
At this point, Kakarrot's tone was obviously a bit vague.
After all, he was still young … Du Wei sighed. He still did not know how to hide it.
After saying that, Du Wei took out the booklet from the table, gently placed it in front of Kakarrot, and opened it to one of the pages.
"Kakarrot, male, 23 years old, martial artist, no rank. His real strength is estimated to be at the Empire's seventh level standard. Son of a slave, freed from slavery at the age of eight and became a free person. From the southern border of Purple Leaf City. Teacher: Ku Sa Lima. Ku Sa Lima, the continent's sixth level martial artist, a southerner, once served the 'Red Snow Mercenary Group' for sixteen years. Twenty years ago, the Red Snow Mercenary Group was annihilated in an adventure in the Nanyang Swamp. Only Ku Sa Lima escaped and returned to his hometown to do farming. Total property: one house and four mu of farmland. Two years ago, he died in a fight due to drunkenness. Before he died, he owed a gambling debt of 460 gold coins. All of his property was not paid back, so he has no inheritance. "
Written in black and white, Kakarrot's origin, life experience, and his master were all clearly written down!
The young man raised his head and looked at Du Wei with some surprise.
Du Wei smiled: "Don't be nervous, I'm not targeting you. However … since you entered the finals, then you are likely to become the leader of the Knight Regiment of Roland Sword in the future … We can't let the leader of the Knight Regiment, who is responsible for guarding the Spear of Longinus, be a person of unknown origin! I'm showing you this to tell you that although you concealed something when you filled in your resume when you signed up, in front of our strength, your childish concealment is just a joke. If I want to investigate, I can even dig out the matter of you peeing your pants when you were a child! "
Kakarrot's eyes immediately became vigilant.
Du Wei could clearly feel that this child's eyes seemed to show some hostility.
"Also, you seem to be concealing something …" Du Wei smiled: "You seem to be carrying a bit of trouble."
His finger gently tapped twice on the paper: "I'm very curious about you, and you are about to become a member of the Roland Sword Knight Regiment. I have to carefully investigate your origin … Of course, there is no doubt about your origin, but … your teacher, that Mr. Kuza-Lima, seems to be a bit … Well, how to say it, complicated!"
Du Wei slowly said while carefully looking at the young man's expression: "Red Snow Mercenary Group … a second-rate mercenary group. Therefore, when they were in the southern swamps, the news of their annihilation did not attract too much attention, right? But I'm very curious. In the southern swamps, besides the Griffins, there are no other powerful magic beasts. To be able to annihilate a mercenary group, it is obvious that they encountered a group of Griffins. This is the only explanation … But … "
Du Wei sighed: "A few days ago, the people I sent to the south came back and told me an interesting thing. Your teacher, as the only survivor of that mercenary group, unexpectedly did not have a single weapon with the pattern of a Griffin among his belongings! Isn't this the custom of your place? He should have encountered a Griffin and escaped. He should have the qualifications to do so, but he did not do so! "
Du Wei was not in a hurry. He had already accurately captured the trace of nervousness in the young man's eyes.
"This is the first point of suspicion. The second point of suspicion is … your teacher died in a drunken brawl two years ago … I'm very curious, a bunch of drunkards fighting, your teacher is at least a level 6 warrior … Of course, I'm guessing that your teacher's strength might not be limited to level 6. But the problem is … how could a Level 6 warrior be killed in a drunken fight? This is simply like saying that the leader of the Knight Regiment fell to his death while riding a horse … What a joke! "
Du Wei's tone was getting more and more severe.
As for Kakarrot, the young man's hand that was placed beside his leg was already tightly clenched into a fist. At the same time, it was also trembling slightly. His expression was cold and his lips were tightly pursed.
"The third point of suspicion." Du Wei said indifferently: "You, as your teacher's disciple. You were adopted by him when you were eight years old. It can be said that he can even be considered as your father! He raised you, taught you martial skills, and nurtured you into an adult. What kind of great kindness is this? It is reasonable to say that he was killed by a group of drunkards. As his disciple and adopted son, a young man full of vigor, you should not be a coward. If it was someone else, they would have already taken a knife to find those people for revenge! But you didn't! "
Kakarrot's body began to tremble. He seemed to be trying his best to endure.
"The fourth suspicious point is that after your teacher died, you sent him off, and then you disappeared! According to the records, you disappeared for a full two years. Where did you go during these two years? You are not in your hometown and there is no record of any work … where did you run to? In the southern swamp? Lived like a savage for two years? "Du Wei smiled softly.
"The fifth point of suspicion. Your current strength is much stronger than when you disappeared two years ago, right? Your teacher is only at the sixth rank, but the strength you revealed in the arena should have reached the seventh rank or above. Of course, perhaps you are a genius and your achievements have surpassed your teacher's, which can be explained … but I feel that things are not so simple. "
"The sixth point of suspicion makes me even more interested." Du Wei smiled and raised his eyebrows. Then he stared at Kakarrot, stared at the young man's eyes: "About three months ago, you returned to your hometown. But three days later, in the southern Purple Leaf City, which is your and your teacher's hometown, the local garrison commander of the Purple Leaf City encountered an assassination attempt by an enemy! Although the assassination failed in the end, six of the garrison commander's guards were killed! Of course … I'm not saying that you're the one who did it … It's just that after this incident, you disappeared again! Then you came to the imperial capital. "
After saying that, Du Wei looked at the young man with a smile: "Dear Kakarrot, you are not going to tell me that all this is just a coincidence, are you?"
Kakarrot suddenly stood up and quickly retreated a few steps. His eyes widened as he stared at Du Wei: "Your Excellency, what do you want?"
Du Wei was still sitting there, looking at the young man with a smile.
Kakarrot was probably under too much pressure from Du Wei's gaze. After the two looked at each other for a while, the young man finally couldn't bear the pressure from Du Wei's gaze. He finally couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly turned around. He pulled out a short spear from his waist and held it tightly with both hands …
Fortunately, he still had a trace of reason and didn't rashly point the spear at Du Wei.
Du Wei sighed and looked at the young man: "It seems … you were the one who did the assassination. Your reaction has already proved my conjecture. "
"Then what do you want to do? Catch me? "Kakarrot said proudly. His face was filled with the stubbornness and unyieldingness of a young man.
"No, no, no." Du Wei shook his head and smiled lazily. He stretched his waist: "I am not from the Imperial Supervisory Department. This matter is not under my control … also …" He pointed at Kakarrot's short spear and smiled gently: "If I were you, I would put away this iron rod. You should know very well that even if you hold this thing, you are not my opponent. If I wanted to catch you, I wouldn't have called you here. I could have just sent a group of soldiers to catch you. "
"You … what do you want?" Kakarrot glared at Du Wei.
"It's very simple." Du Wei picked up the teacup in front of him and blew on it: "You are one of the future leaders of our Roland Sword Knight Regiment, so I need to make a full understanding of you – it's that simple."
After saying that, he pointed at the chair in front of him again: "Now, sit down and talk, young man. Tell me your story. Maybe I can help you."
Kakarrot hesitated for a moment. The young man's heart was struggling, but in the end, he finally sat down. After all, he was not facing an ordinary opponent, but the world-famous Duke of the Tulip Family! An expert who is equally outstanding in magic and martial arts!
"My … my teacher, he did not die in a drunken brawl." Kakarrot clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with grief and hatred: "You are right. How could a 6th rank martial artist be killed by a group of drunkards! He was murdered! The culprit who killed him is the garrison commander! "
"Very good, you finally told the truth." Du Wei smiled: "I like honest people. Go on."
"Also … my teacher, there is no Griffin pattern on all of his weapons!" When Kakarrot said this, his face suddenly showed a proud expression: "Because … he tattooed the Griffin pattern on his body!"
Du Wei was surprised for the first time.
"Tattooed on the body?" Du Wei thought for a moment: "Your local doesn't seem to have such a custom, right? I only know that your local people will carve this pattern on their weapons. "
"My teacher tattooed it on his body because … he is qualified to do so!"
When Kakarrot said this, his eyes shone!
Du Wei's heart moved. He had a faint premonition that he was about to have an unexpected harvest!
"Everything started from the last adventure of my teacher's Red Snow Mercenary Group … my teacher told me that the reason why everyone in the Red Snow Mercenary Group was wiped out was not because they encountered a group of Griffins … but because they discovered a huge secret … and in the end, because of internal strife, everyone killed each other! To be precise, it was my teacher who discovered the secret, and the others wanted to kill him and take away the secret! "
"Go on!" Du Wei whispered and subconsciously glanced at Dylon. He found that Dylon's legs, which were originally propped up on the table, had been put down at an unknown time. His face had also become more solemn.
"That secret … is related to the Griffins." Kakarrot's expression was somewhat sorrowful and indignant.
Suddenly, he put down the short spear in his hand and threw the weapon on the ground. Then, he stretched out his hands to grab his lapel and pulled hard!
With a 'chi' sound, his upper body's clothes separated, revealing the young man's sturdy chest.
He was very strong, with two strong chest muscles and eight abdominal muscles, showing that he had undergone rigorous training.
What made Du Wei and Dylon slightly surprised was that there was a blood-red tattoo on the young man's chest!
The color of the tattoo was crimson, as if it was tattooed with blood!
And that pattern, eagle head, beast body, flapping wings, sharp claws and teeth, was abnormally fierce!
It was a Griffin baring its fangs and brandishing its claws!
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