Chapter 297 A Banquet with Bad Intentions
The directness of Alan Baier and the vigorous and resolute atmosphere of the military made the young prime minister unaccustomed. He had not served the lord for many days. The legend fell ill after only a few days, and he had not felt how a real warrior treated the world.
This incident was too coincidental, and many people doubted him from various angles, but the young man solved those things in his own way, and he felt that this time would be no exception.
He needed to protect the territory, for himself, and for the lord to stay in this position for a longer time, until his family was replaced and the empire fell apart, and he still stood up, so as to maintain his position and power.
His arrogance was based on foundation. When he threw out a pile of diplomatic words and half-tricked and half-coaxed Alan Baier to the lord's palace and prepared a banquet according to his instructions to celebrate the Lord of Skadi for their help, in general, the Imperial Guard stepped into the spider's nest.
It's just that this mansion looks more peaceful than the dark, damp, spider-webbed nightmare, but the so-called world of fame and fortune is more hidden and insidious than those things. Although this nest is too narrow for this giant bird, in order to continue the glory of the lord and the position of his family, he has planned many things.
He spoke. "The lord is weak and needs time to rest and recuperate before he can see people. We can wait for a while. There are many interesting places in the territory for you to try."
Alan Baier shook his head. "Someone is waiting for me. Even if I use truth serum, I need the lord to open his mouth and promise me that the soldiers here can be controlled by the Skadi people and solve the problems here, those orcs."
The prime minister shook his head. "Sir, you are going to kill everyone's hope in the fortress. The lord has no offspring, and this family will end today, and the legend of Karaza will also disappear."
"My family has assisted the lord for generations, and this must not happen to me!"
"Why, is the lord's conditioning finally good?" Alan Baier was a little surprised. He really blamed this person wrongly. It turned out that he was not a guy who was greedy for desire and power.
His face darkened and he said immediately. "This place is full of weak poisonous gas. Staying here for a while will make me weaker. I have taken medicine three or four times before I look normal. They want my rights, so they keep my life. What imported void whale fragrance is simply their conspiracy!"
Persuade, understand, postpone, persuade with reason and move with emotion, whether it is not good for the disease, or asking Lord Alan Baier to rest first and wait for prayers, smashing dignity into the valley, and spending a lot of words, finally Alan Baier sat in a luxurious car showing off his wealth.
He has brown hair, sitting in a simple room, leaning against the table, drinking in pajamas.
There is no garden, but trenches instead, prepared earth-shaking cannons and vehicles, thick walls, Gothic black gold made of fine gold and concrete, spikes, and sharp edges of bones. Every turning point of the castle wall is covered by powerful wolf spider turrets, and large searchlights and sentry towers are frequent visitors.
"Beautiful castle." When the prime minister pushed open the thick and gorgeous metal door, the carved skulls and the squeaking sounds of the ancient things in the history of this fortress were pleasing to the eye. Alan Baier commented on the aesthetics that only soldiers can understand. At least for ordinary people, this place is not comfortable.
Alan Baier smiled bitterly, but the old man said. "You are still so energetic after five hours. You may be the most muscular or willpowerful group of people I have ever seen, but so what? Now we are all fish meat, but I have a question, you really are..."
Inside the gate, in the hall, you can see the photos of the patriarchs of the past generations. The headshots are hard to expect for ordinary people, but it is very normal in this family. Every great person has left his mark here, leaving his own appearance in the dark and gloomy metal fortress. You have to go all the way forward to step into the hall, or the reception room.
"It's very interesting, but you don't need to take it so seriously." Ailanbaier's attitude was slightly relaxed. After all, the other side was really polite, although it seemed stupid in the emergency now. The reason for this was that this fortress used to be militaristic and had many internal problems, so it delegated power to many officials.
This social atmosphere of separation of civil and military affairs but emphasizing military over civil affairs made officials who had many powers dissatisfied, but they could only endure under the power of the lord. Ailanbaier also subconsciously felt that this prime minister was also one of those who wanted to rely on the lord's weakness to seek power and usurp the throne.
Alanbair looked sideways at the light from the street lights through the car window, which made him feel like he was back in the past, with wide streets and bustling traffic. When he was stopped by the voice of the Catachan Sergeant, he found that he had fallen asleep. Was he too tired? Alanbair, who was always energetic, was tired.
"I will never agree to give up my power even if I die. Tell your master!"
When the sound of breaking came from the wall, the old man cursed in surprise. "You are quite powerful."
They were familiar with the interior before they arrived at this room. When the divination instrument showed its ability to detect far beyond the naked eye and received information, Alanbair stepped into the room. The middle-aged man was different from what he imagined. To be precise, it should be an old man who looked about middle-aged. His actual age was very old, thanks to the empire's ability to extend life.
Unlike the creations of the Dark Age of Technology on Skadi, it is definitely not that powerful, but it probably also has medium-sized void shield equipment to maintain its stability. Maybe this small fortress will be completely destroyed, and this fortress will be safe and sound, and for this In terms of aesthetics, Alan Bayer does have a lot of interest.
At this moment, the prime minister suddenly changed his previous delay and extended his hand. "My lord, the lord's room is ahead. Let's go."
"Master Chief, how long have we been walking in the car?" Alan Bair asked immediately.
The prime minister ate it without hesitation, because it was prepared for a group of people, and there was a lot of it. He almost divided it into portions according to what he could eat, and then ate it quickly. Even so, Alan Bayer had to wait for more than half an hour. Only then did he make sure he was ready to eat the food.
"This is it?" he asked.
When he slowly got up, he muttered. "Are you too tired?" He rubbed his shoulders again until his head felt tingling, which was just like the physical reaction caused by a long sleep after being tired. Finally, he got up and the car had stopped at a beautiful castle. This behemoth used for war is beautiful. This is Alan Bayer's first opinion.
The Lord of Skadi looked at the situation outside the window in his soft seat. The reinforced bulletproof glass and the towering fort city. Human beings also need to defend themselves against attacks from their own people in their own homes. What does this have to do with the orc boss needing to be careful about the boy's resistance? the difference? Even the orcs came more directly.
At this moment, the prime minister came slowly. He was surrounded by dozens of guards, all young and middle-aged. Moreover, they were not regular troops, but private armed forces similar to mercenaries. They raised their weapons against the Skadi people.
And here, it is simple and plain. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary person's room. Except that it is relatively large, there is also a thick fog, so thick that the aroma of the void whale becomes a bit uncomfortable and nauseating...
He didn't believe that anyone could kill the empire's most elite Catachan troops in such a narrow place in less than three minutes, so they strode into the room. Although they were here for talks, the Skadi people were all confused along the way. Maintaining a high degree of war mode, even a personal auspicious device scanned the interior of the castle to make sure there were no traps or ambushes.
When the meal was over, Alan Bair wiped his mouth, and the Catachan sergeants who followed him in were also full of wine and food.
"It's just a name. It's actually an accidental product prepared by a pharmacist. It's called so because of its charming aroma." He introduced it this way, and Human Five was unable to capture any void whales. They were two thousand miles long, far exceeding the level of normal warships. , even the juvenile form is probably not capable, and it often lives in the terrible hell of subspace and is rarely observed, but this fragrance also reveals human beings' yearning for that kind of void monster.
"But if you weren't..."
Alan Bayer lowered his head and thought. "How long..." As he dealt with the problem, he suddenly realized that they started smelling the smell in the car while he fell asleep...
"Three hours, including meals, it's almost five hours." He replied calmly, and dialed the radio according to normal procedures, only to find that the communicator had lost its communication capability...
He smelled the indifferent scent, which was fragrant and drowsy, but he didn't hate the smell. He asked Mr. Prime Minister next to his seat. "Why, what kind of fragrance is this?"
But yes, there are always smart people who should realize that if the lord really dies, then the human beings here will be divided internally, and external forces will invade on a large scale. Therefore, no matter how fierce the conflict is, it will stabilize in the face of the threat of orc invasion, and it seems that It is not impossible that the strange and twisted social system here has existed for hundreds or thousands of years.
"Sir, you can't waste food at all. Let's eat first." As if he had expected it, Alan Bayer could only sit down and then said. "You first."
"I can satisfy your hunger, but I just want to chat with the lord. That's it, sir. Don't waste my patience and kindness." Alan Bayer was fed up with this bureaucrat's behavior of delaying time. His viciousness was not from any outside source. thing, but that limp damn behavior.
The old man immediately stood up from the table, joined the ranks of the Skadis, as if to express his dissatisfaction, and spat at the young vizier. "Fuck you*, you grew up here as a human being, your family taught you a lot, but you only learned how to seek power!"
After all, it is essential to be on guard against others.
He waved the bottle feebly, and the thing flew towards him very quickly. Alan Bayer barely dodged it, but he originally wanted to catch it, but found that his body was a bit sluggish.
When he walked into the room with his guards, you must know that they were fully armed, and there were large armed forces on the outside that were enough to break the entire fortress's defense. From this, it seemed that they would not be able to encircle Kata in a short time no matter what. Changchun Guards and Aylan Bair, unless they can perform orbital bombardment.
"Isn't that a subspace creature?" Alan Bayer asked interestingly.
And that old man, if he is a lord, then he is not healthy? It's not healthy there, it seems to be Amset, high!
Alan Bair was a little surprised, and the old man was even more surprised when he saw the commander of the Imperial Guard. He was stunned for a moment, and then cursed. "Why are you still pretending to be an officer? Is Alan Bair a hero that you guys can get your hands on?"
He smelled the beard of the Void Whale again, that strange and comforting smell. He stopped in front of the simple original table in the hall. The chef had prepared the food early and placed it in front of the table.
He tasted the food here, and when he entered his mouth, he felt the special exotic feeling.
The entire armored regiment followed behind, which was a huge imperial military force, several Tau vehicles that were enough to raze this place to the ground, enough Lemanus, Hydra tanks, and even an Emperor's Baneblade. All for the safety of Alan Bair. In other words, to the empire, his value has exceeded that of an entire fully armed armored regiment.
"It looks like you, I don't know who you are, but my experience tells me that you have no idea about this. How long have you been in here? 2 hours?"
But compared to this, Alan Bayer no longer wants to waste time. "Although the food is good, you don't have much food under current circumstances. Is it really okay to entertain outsiders?"
On the way, the prime minister was suddenly pulled away by a servant. He quickly walked to a fork on the outside, but because there was no problem with the auspicious device, they didn't care.
And Alan Bayer ordered that if there is no radio report for more than three minutes after entering, then the artillery will be fired, and the Falakxia Armored Regiment will raze the place to the ground.
The prime minister suddenly knelt on the ground. "Time, sir, I know, but no matter what, it will take time for the lord to get better. We want him to put down his burden and have a good rest, so please give me a few hours!"
"Let me answer, he is indeed the guy who resisted Wandering Port and Lord Bandertal, and he is now my meat ticket, old man, I don't need you anymore, his value is greater, as long as Skadi's The king handed it over to Wandering Port, this rubbish fortress, which is all the orcs' things, so I can say goodbye to him!" The young man walked into the room, changing his previous politeness. Of course, he was still elegant and full of aristocratic atmosphere, and he was in harmony with the people here! Rogue military misfits.
Alan Beyer asked. "Then can you let the lord get up and continue fighting? Or make sure that the orcs can't kill him, forever!"
The prime minister said with a smile. "It's the secretion of the void whale."
But he said. "I'm not. I'm a prisoner. I don't even have the strength to open the unlocked door. It's so pitiful. I see my territory being invaded by orcs. I'm restrained and can't help myself."
The prime minister replied. "Heat the potato hearts over high heat and quickly cover the pot. Use the residual heat and moisture of the ingredients to cook the food, maintaining the original flavor of the cooking technique."
"Why, what's so great about dodging a bottle like this?" Alan Bayer added, a little amused. "Are you the old lord, Strong Shield?"
The young man wiped the liquid from his face. "But people will be punished for their own sake. You waste your ability in this shabby place, fighting and fighting with orcs all your life. In my eyes, why are you not an old orc, and why is this not an orc den? Those civilians have no idea. It doesn’t matter, as long as you go up through the roaming port, you start with the position of lord, then the red pirate advisor, and then the high position above ten thousand people.”
"And you, Skadi's master, you'd better cooperate with me."
Alan Bayer held his gun, but found that he actually felt the gun was heavy. After entering the room, the aroma became stronger and stronger, as if it was stimulating poison.