Chapter 54: The Man Who Cuckolded the Emperor
And so the team continued to move forward.
As Ryan walked, he teased the barbarian girl, asking her to talk more and collect more materials for the translation of the "intelligent brain".
Not long after, the hunter who was leading the way in the "Mountain Antelope Hunting Group" brought news.
"Captain, many bodies were found ahead!"
As expected, the team did not stop but continued to move forward.
After walking about a mile, we saw a devastated campsite beside the mountain road. The campfire was still emitting smoke, and corpses were scattered all around.
Obviously, this was another group of people who encountered the "beast tide" last night, about fifty people.
Looking at the dense bullet holes and craters around, a fierce battle took place here last night.
Unfortunately, they were not as lucky as Ryan and his group. The beast tide destroyed the camp and killed everyone. Judging from the wounds, they looked like they were from a monster like a tiger or leopard.
"Captain, this seems to be someone from the 'Tallin Hunting Group'..."
"What a pity! Captain Garen was a third-level expert. I didn't expect him to die here."
"They are an old hunting group that has been taking this route for several years. They didn't expect to fail in this trip."
"Oh, yes, who would have thought that we would encounter a 'beast tide'..."
“…”
Although most of the bodies were torn apart by monsters, the badges worn by the members of this hunting group allowed people to identify them.
As colleagues, Bart and other scavengers also sighed.
I thought, if Uncle Sam hadn't shown his might and reversed the situation last night, their fate would probably have been the same.
As there was still a long way to go, we didn't delay any longer.
They quickly cleaned up the battlefield, piled up the corpses and burned them, so that the bodies were not left exposed in the wilderness.
As for the equipment on the corpse, they also collected it as a reward for collecting the corpse. This is an unwritten rule among the hunting groups.
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When you encounter the first destroyed camp, there will be a second one.
Ryan and his companions were surprised to find that apart from them, there seemed to be no one left alive from last night's beast tide.
The beasts seemed to have received some kind of "instructions" to kill all humans. Many high-level monsters came from the depths of the jungle.
This time the "beast tide" appeared very strangely.
At least old hunters like Bart said that they had never heard of such a large-scale tide of beasts appearing on this road in recent decades.
But in the morning, Aunt Susan went to the forest to pick mushrooms and found a wild girl. Ryan guessed that this might be related to the barbarians in the "Forest of Ashes".
The intelligence we had obtained previously said that those savage priests were good at taming and driving wild animals.
Thinking of this, Ryan became more interested in the hanging wild girl.
But as they walked along, they discovered an unusual "death scene".
In the forest not far from the roadside, there were traces of fighting. This was not just a battle between extraordinary people and monsters, but also a life-and-death struggle between people!
In addition to a few well-equipped human corpses, Ryan also saw a few dark-skinned corpses. They were wearing animal skins, and the totems painted on their bodies made it easy to identify them - barbarians.
There were both male and female barbarian corpses. Although the male was burly and over two meters tall, his face looked very young, about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Seeing this scene, Ryan's mind roughly restored the outline of the incident: a group of barbarian teenagers intercepted and killed a group of well-equipped mysterious extraordinary people. Because they were not strong enough, they took advantage of the "beast tide" and fought to the death.
When she saw the bodies of her companions, Taotao, the barbarian girl who was tied up and hung, burst into tears, crying her heart out.
…
At night, the team set up camp again.
Taking advantage of the cover of night, a group of nocturnal travelers quietly followed into the forest.
From a distance, they observed Ryan and his companions in the camp, and their eyes fell on the savage who was trapped tightly.
The leader was wearing a bear-faced gas mask, and behind him was a group of men in black leather jackets wearing various animal masks.
At this time, a man wearing a fox mask said, "Sir, the package numbered S11-7 was lost by the postman . Now these people are the only survivors we found on this road. The living savage has the mark we left on the package on her body. She should know the whereabouts of the things..."
Listening to this, the bear-masked leader was a little confused: "Since you knew, why didn't you do it? Why did you have to call me?"
The fox masked henchman said in a strange tone, "Well... those mercenaries from the 'Mountain Antelope Hunting Group' are nothing to be afraid of. But there are a few very troublesome people in this team."
"A difficult person? With you guys here, even a fourth-level [Monster Hunter Master] can be killed. Why would you worry about dealing with a small hunting group..."
Before Bear Mask could say anything, he saw Aunt Susan making soup by the campfire, and his eyes froze.
He felt that she looked familiar, so he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Why does that fat woman who makes the soup look a bit like the wanted criminal of the Theed Empire, Susan Catalana, the [Elephant Beauty] with a bounty of 99 million risols?"
"That's the one."
Fox Mask nodded with an awkward tone.
As he spoke, he pointed to the other side of the campfire and said, "Sir, look at the shield riders resting under the tree over there..."
"The first Holy Shield Knight of Wasakodo Province, [Dragon Lancer] Sam Aurora?"
Now, the leader's expression under the bear mask flickered, and the changes were very beautiful.
Then, he also saw the butler Benjamin and the maid Sandra, who were several famous figures in the A-level files of "Black Water Platform".
His face darkened instantly.
The fox mask seemed not to notice the leader's expression, and explained: "It is precisely because of these troublesome people that..."
The bear leader took over his words, his eyelids twitching: "So... this is why you called me to ask for help?"
After a moment of silence, he felt anger rising from his heart, and shouted, "You want me to come here just to fight against the four great priests of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce?"
This is probably what the fox mask meant. He said weakly, "If something is lost and we can't find it back, we will be dead."
The bear almost went berserk: "That's your business!"
The fox's tone was a little stiff, and he said: "But you are the most powerful among the special worshippers of our Black Water Terrace near the 'Glorious City'..."
"The four great priests of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce are all here, and you're telling me you want to take action? Do you think I'm one of the Ten Legends?"
The bear-masked leader said in a bad tone, "To put it nicely, I am a special worshiper of Omar. To put it bluntly, I am a paid non-staff member. You want me to go and die?!"
Fox: "Well...what should we do now? Our things are lost, and our superiors told us to contact you to make the decision..."
"What else can I do? Just follow me and wait for a chance before taking action."
Bear: "Contact your headquarters and ask them to send another expert! Humph, a bunch of idiots, they were intercepted by a group of wild minions, they deserve to lose their things!"
“…”
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On the other hand, the capital of the Omar Empire,
Inside the magnificent palace, the alluring queen was sweating profusely inside the pink bed curtains.
The man she was having an affair with was not the emperor, but a young man with red lips and white teeth.
If there was a third person here, he would definitely recognize that this man was the popular figure around the Queen, Lemens F. Metternich, known as the "genius aide".
That's right, this guy cheated on His Majesty the Emperor of the Omar Empire, Doppler Spurgeon.
After making love, the delicate queen snuggled in the young man's arms.
"Didn't you say Ymir was dead? But now she pops up alive and kicking..."
"It doesn't matter whether she's dead or alive now. The commander of the First Legion, Baron Askopa, has defected, and our Princess Royal no longer has any bargaining chips to challenge the Parliament."
“But… even if she loses her military power, as long as she is still alive, Doppler will still pass the throne to her. There are many members of the court who support the old man. If he really wants to force the throne to Ymir, it will be difficult for us to fight for it…”
"So, we can't let His Majesty pass the position to her..."
"You want to kill her? How is that possible! Ymir was assassinated once before, and now she is alert. It is impossible to kill her again."
"My beautiful queen, do you think that if the crime of 'regicide coup' is put on the eldest princess, can she still inherit the throne?"
"You...you want to kill the king?"
"It's not me, it's you. If it weren't for you, His Majesty would have lived for decades longer. Right now, whether it's His Majesty or the Princess Royal, as long as they complete the 'reform', the power of these old-school nobles will be gone. By then, Your Majesty the Queen, your family, and His Royal Highness Quentin may even be liquidated by the Princess Royal..."
"But……"
"I heard that after the princess reappeared, she has been interacting frequently with the elders of the 'reform faction'. You know their courage and skills..."
“…”
When the queen heard this, after a brief moment of hesitation, a hint of ruthlessness and determination flashed across her eyes.
