Since the first generation Lion of the Southern Region, Du Han? Orvis built this black fortress in the wilderness between the fertile land and the dense forest. The towering walls and sturdy gates had been steadfastly guarding this country. Its gates were once open for kings, envoys from other Kingdoms of Order, and monks from the Theocracy. But today, it welcomed the most special group of "visitors" in its history.
Fort Raven was about to open its gates to welcome a group of wild creatures from the wild land — abhumans, beasts, and savage creatures that were no different from beasts in the eyes of humans had become the guests that Fort Glory had to welcome.
The battle in the Wilderness had ended. Thick smoke rose from the gradually extinguishing fire pit. The dust drifting with the wind was blown away. The whole land seemed to be shrouded in a layer of wandering fog. The smell of blood lingered. This disgusting smell would probably only dissipate after the next snowfall. The warriors of the beast horde were cleaning up the corpses of their tribesmen, while their leader was ready to go to the human castle. According to the alpha, it was a "epoch-making diplomatic activity".
Philip stood on the city wall and saw the horde of magical beasts rushing to and fro. But in the chaos, a wide open space had been cleared. A dozen forest demonic wolves walked in front like pioneers, and two green-gray monsters in loincloths carried battle flags decorated with animal bones and followed closely behind. The battle flags were crookedly painted with unknown tribal totems. Behind them was a large group of demonic apes, imps, gnolls, and goblins. Walking in the middle of the group was a gigantic Ancient Drake. It was the most eye-catching creature in the group: four meters tall and nearly ten meters long. Its body was covered in a stone-like elemental carapace, and the spikes on the edge of the carapace indicated that this drake had lived for at least a hundred and seventy years. The word "archaic" in the name of the Primordial Drake was not referring to its age, but the name of the drake race. Scholars believed that this drake was the common ancestor of all the drake races and lizard subspecies in the Wildlands, so it was given the name "archaic". A 170-years-old drake was already a terrifying beast in the Wildlands. This meant that it had even survived a tide of Chaos and gained many incredible powers from the baptism of primordial magic energy.
But this terrible wild beast was actually just a mount.
Philip saw that there was a stone seat on the back of the drake. The seat was covered with animal skins and straw mats, and a humanoid figure covered in wolf skin was sitting on it. Due to the angle, he could not see the appearance of the person in wolf skin, but he could see that the person was surrounded by a very obvious circle of light.
Of course, he did not associate the figure with the legendary "alpha." Any logical person would not have thought that the alpha of the Beast Tide was a little girl. He only thought that it was a messenger sent by the alpha, and most likely a sanctum. In the battle just now, he had seen with his own eyes a group of seemingly powerful human priests in the Beast Tide. Although he did not know how this group of humans mixed with the beasts, he guessed that these sanctum people were probably the reason why the Beast Tide came to help the humans.
Perhaps the beasts had chosen a group of sanctum people to act as their ambassadors or translators, or maybe the Beast Tide was simply driven by the sanctum people — this was the speculation of many ordinary soldiers on the city wall.
Philip looked up and continued to look for the three-headed alpha among the beasts, but he did not know that the real alpha had entered the city under his nose.
Lily sat on her throne. She liked the stone so much that she asked her men to polish it and install it on the body of Leviathan. Leviathan was the name she gave to the drake under her butt, and the latter was quite satisfied with it. The alpha lady entered the city in high spirits, leaving the wild forest and coming to the human territory. She felt like she was back in heaven and earth.
Lily looked curiously at the exotic Fort Raven, while the black-armored knights came out of the fort and led the way for this special "envoy." Ulysses, the commander of the Blackblade Legion, sent his steadiest knight to greet the team, while he and his staff were ready on the Blackfeather Square on the upper floor of the fort.
He was probably ready for anything.
Well, he did not know if he was ready or not.
The great Duke Ulysses had never received such an "envoy" in his life. The majestic and calm Lion of the Southern Territory was at a loss at this time. He had asked his aides and advisers more than once about the customs and habits of the abhumans, but the answers he got were varied. He wanted to throw those idiots who could not even make up a lie at a critical moment under the city wall.
In fact, not long ago, the messenger of the daemons had already made a trip to the city after the battle had ended. It was not the words of the terrifying black dragon lying on top of the city wall. It was a more formal dispatch letter. A Black Forest Nightingale had sent the greetings of the alpha wolf and made an appointment with the alpha wolf to enter the city. But the brief letter did not specify any specific etiquette, so Duke Ulysses could only arrange the meeting in the way the human kingdom received foreign envoys.
"My lord, is it really appropriate to let those abhumans enter the city?" An advisor behind the duke said uneasily. "The fortress gate is wide open, and we don't know how many barbarian races are outside. It feels like they have sharp fangs and claws in our throat."
"What can we do if we don't open the gate?" Ulysses did not even bother to look back at his advisor. "They have the ability to open the gate by themselves. Look at the black dragon, the fiery python, and the elemental lords. They don't even need us to open the gate. They can directly uproot the entire castle from the ground."
"This is the darkest day of Fort Raven."
"Don't say these discouraging words." Ulysses straightened up. He had already seen the head of the giant drake at the end of the square ramp. "They have helped us repel the Chaos. From this point of view, opening the gate of Fort Raven at this moment is also an act of honor."
While talking, the guards of the alpha had arrived at the square.
The people of the Order of this world and the husky from the otherworld had finally completed a historic meeting.
Duke Ulysses raised his head and straightened his body. Although the ancient drake in front of him was several times taller than him, he did not flinch, maintaining the majesty of a nobleman and a soldier. His black armor and leather cloak made him look particularly heroic.
Then, he saw the Primordial Earth Dragon turn its body slightly, and a ball of light on its body pulsated twice. Then, from the rock armor, a young girl wearing a wolf skin cloak jumped down.
The girl's golden eyes widened as she looked at the Southern Border Guard.
"Are you the leader here?" Lily was the first to speak. She did not feel that the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment. Seeing that the other party did not say anything, she took the initiative to break the silence.
Ulysses was still wondering when the alpha would appear. When he heard this, he immediately came to his senses and immediately put on a calm demeanor. "I am the governor of the southern border of the Kingdom of Taros, the current patriarch of the Orvis family, Ulysses. Grand Duke Orvis, the head of the Black Blade Legion, the general of the Black Raven Fort, is here to welcome the lord of the beasts from the forest and mountains, the awesome alpha. "
"Ah, your name is so long, just like the landlord's business card." Lily blinked in surprise and then pointed to herself. "I am the alpha."
"Ah?" Ulysses was dumbfounded.
"I am the alpha," Lily continued to point to herself. "How do you know me? This is the first time we have contact with you humans, right? "
Ulysses was indeed the governor of the southern border. Although he was stunned by the truth of the alpha, he reflexively took over the conversation. "The story of the alpha and the beasts has spread throughout the kingdom. Our astrologers and occult masters have known that a new star is rising in the south as early as half a month ago. But we did not expect the alpha to be — "
"What about me?" Lily stared at him.
"Ahem, nothing, nothing." Ulysses coughed twice. "The alpha is as awesome as the rumors say. But I am a little curious. Are you … a human? "
Lily's answer was particularly sincere. "I am not a human," she said.
Then, before the talkative human general in front of her could continue to ask questions, she waved her hand vigorously. "Hey, don't talk so much nonsense. I am hungry. I should have asked Orduza to inform you to prepare a meal, right? When do we eat? "
Ulysses's expression was a little subtle, but then he nodded. "Of course, we have prepared according to the black dragon's instructions. But no one here knows what the braised ribs are, so we can only follow the mountain stew method. "
Lily's eyes lit up when she heard stew. "Okay, okay, hurry up!"
After a while, the husky maiden looked at the three big iron pots in front of her, a little dazed.
"Meat is good stuff." For the first time in her life, the alpha felt that she might not be able to finish a meal. "But it looks a little too much. Why three pots?"
Ulysses and his staff looked around, no one knew what to say.
There was only one thought in the governor's mind. "… Who the hell heard that the alpha has three heads?"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
