Chapter 1621: Shifting the Blame

The Beastman King stared at Harold for a long time with a pair of tiger eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Who is this?"

Harold knelt down on one knee and said in a respectful tone, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I am Harold, the vice-president of the New Brave Guild."

The orc king frowned slightly and looked at me with tiger eyes, his domineering eyes mixed with doubts.

"He is an old friend of mine," I explained: "He was the president of the Heroic Guild of Airui City at that time, and he was a former close associate of the Lord of Airui City."

The Beastman King's eyes softened just now. He nodded slightly and said, "Xiaoyi said you have a way to stop the riot. Is that true?"

Harold replied: "I can't guarantee 100%, but I'm at least 70% certain."

"70% sure?" The Beastman King stared at Harold closely, his eyes shining, but also filled with deep suspicion: "Tell me the reason why you are confident."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Harold did not dare to raise his head, but still knelt on one knee and said respectfully: "As Prime Minister An Xiaoyi said, I was the president of the Heroic Guild of Airui City, and also a close minister of the Lord of Airui City. Because of these two relationships, I was quite popular during my time in Airui City. Many adventurer guilds often invited me to visit their guilds to observe combat drills in order to curry favor with me. Over time, their influence on Airui City grew. Most of the adventurer guilds know the combat methods very well. I heard Prime Minister An Xiaoyi say before that the intrusion on our territory in Dashai City is most likely caused by the adventurer guilds in Airui City and York Han City, and I am well versed in many aspects of Airui City. The Adventurer’s Guild’s fighting method means we are 70% sure we can complete this important task.”

"What about the 30% that we're not sure about?" the Beastman King asked.

"The 30% refers to the situation where York Hancheng takes the lead in intervention," Harold said: "After all, I am not familiar with York Hancheng's combat methods and combat style, and I am afraid I will suffer a disadvantage."

"Then why do you only say 30% and not 70%?" the Beastman King asked again.

"I don't know the character of the Lord of York Han City, but I do understand the character of the Lord of Airui City." Harold said: "He is quite headstrong by nature and will never succumb to others. The alliance between York Han City and Airui City is mostly based on this." He was the leader, and the Lord of York and Han City was assisting. Therefore, I concluded that the same was true for those who invaded the border areas. Most of them would follow the instructions of the people sent by the Lord of Airui City, rather than the instructions of the people sent by the Lord of York and Han City. That’s why I arbitrarily reduced the possibility of the latter’s command to 30%.”

Although it is a conjecture, what Harold said is reasonable, and based on my first impression of the Lord of Airey City, he is indeed a very confident man, and his words and deeds always show his confidence. Strong side.

Even when the matter of Rodney was mentioned, he just lamented that he would not do anything to his biological son, instead of examining why Rodney wanted to escape from Airey City.

After hearing this, the Beastman King nodded slightly and said to me: "Xiao Yi, he is the person you brought here. What do you think he said?"

I thought for a while and said: "I think it's pretty good, well-founded and well-organized. Besides, among the foreigners who fled to Darsay City, Harold is the only one who has come into contact with many adventurer guilds. We don't reuse such people. Don’t you hesitate to be talented?”

The Beastman King laughed and said: "Since you said so, let him arrange it for you, but I want to remind you of two points. First, I can accept failure, but I cannot end in failure. Second, You can’t cause trouble on the border simply for the sake of victory, do you remember what I said?”

"Remember" I nodded.

The Beastman King nodded slightly and said, "Besides this, do you have anything else to do?"

I shook my head and said, "No more."

"Okay," the orc king said, "then retreat."

"yes."

I responded and took Harold out of the back garden.

After leaving the palace, Harold let out a breath and said with emotion: "As expected of the king of the orcs, his imposing manner is powerful."

I smiled softly and said, "How does it compare with the Lord of Airui City?"

"It's not comparable." He shook his head and said, "The Lord of Airui City is good at attacking and planning, but his own strength is very weak. But this Orc King is a gentleman. He likes to do things with open swords and spears. I'm afraid he is not as good at planning as the Lord of Airui City. But my own strength is quite terrifying, I am not as good as him.”

"Hey, your eyes are quite vicious," I said hehey.

"Is this poisonous or not? If you come into contact with a lot of people, you can figure it out." At this point, Harold paused and said, "By the way, Xiaoyi, how do you plan to arrange for me?"

I sighed deeply and said distressedly: "To be honest, I didn't think about it. Originally, I meant to introduce you to the Orc King and let him assign you, but who could have imagined it? The Orc King actually dumped this matter on me. It’s on my head.”

"Huh?" Harold frowned slightly and said displeasedly: "Why does your words sound wrong? It seems that I am just a burden."

I curled my lips and said, "It's not a burden, but it's a big mountain pressing on my back, making it difficult for me to breathe."

"Big mountain?" Harold frowned deeper: "How is it different from a burden?"

"Of course it's different." I shook my head and said, "Burden refers to waste, that is, things that should be discarded, and mountains are treasures. They can suppress, block wind, and protect from rain."

The corners of Harold's eyes twitched, and he waved his hands repeatedly, saying: "That's all, don't explain, I won't ask, the more you hear it, the more uncomfortable it becomes."

Seeing his helpless expression, I smiled and said nothing.

After walking for dozens of steps, a flash of inspiration flashed through me. I suddenly had an idea. I slapped my forehead and said, "Yeah, such a simple question, why didn't I think of it!"

Harold had a question mark on his face: "Are you okay?"

"Of course I'm fine." I rolled my eyes at him and said dissatisfiedly, "Do you think I'm fine?"

"What about your reaction just now?"

"That's exciting," I said, "I've already thought of how to arrange it for you."

"Oh?" When Harold heard this, he became curious and asked, "How to arrange it?"

"Of course I'll leave it to the old Duke to arrange it!" I said matter-of-factly: "His old man is the highest officer sent by the Orc King to suppress rebellion in the border areas. It's not a matter of course for him to arrange it for you. Oops, how could I forget this? important things!"

After that, he slapped his forehead again as a sign of self-punishment.

Afterwards, I took Harold and hurried to the old Duke’s mansion.

When he arrived at the gate, he explained his purpose to the waiter. The waiter did not dare to neglect at all and hurried back to report. Not long after, the old Duke came out dressed in formal attire and walking calmly.

When the old Duke came closer, I bowed to him and said in a deep voice: "Junior An Xiaoyi, I have met my senior."

The old Duke laughed and said: "You kid, you are still so polite to me. Come on, come in quickly. If you have anything to do, we can go in and talk."

After that, he enthusiastically led me into the house, while Harold followed silently, not daring to say a word, but looking at the old Duke with his bright eyes.