bullyxtreme Chapter 166: 23 Things About the Lord of Slime City
Chapter 166: 23 Things About the Lord of Slime City
The meeting place was set at a place about ten miles outside of the Mud City.
This arrangement was carefully designed.
On the one hand, we must not let the other party feel that the location is too close to the city, which would cause unnecessary paranoia;
On the other hand, you can't let the other party feel that you are controlling them in every way.
The Lord of the City of Ooze, Bad Genia, was leading his followers, riding in three luxurious carriages, galloping through the wilderness of the north.
Even when accelerated to speeds far exceeding those of similar carriages, the stability of these three carriages was still astonishing.
Because, as long as you look closely, you can see that the wheel bearing is flashing with magical light.
Although they didn't develop suspension technology, magic found its wonderful use here - a magic item called [Stable Wheel] allowed these three carriages to achieve a level that even luxury cars in the real world could hardly achieve.
In addition, traces of defensive magic can be seen all over the car.
Simply put, these three carriages should not be simply judged as carriages, but rather a complete set of magic props.
Such valuable vehicles and the ferocious beasts that pull them forward are destined to be extraordinary.
A Hippogriff is the hybrid offspring of a male griffin and a female horse.
The upper body of this magical beast is that of a griffin, or in other words, the body of a vulture, and the lower body is that of a horse.
Therefore, compared to the confusing scientific name of Hippogriff, ordinary people generally call it Hippogriff based on its appearance characteristics.
Perhaps because of its horse bloodline, this creature is easier to tame than a griffin.
Such a high-quality substitute for the griffin, which can run and fly, is naturally used to circumvent the control of the royal family of the small kingdom of Wommza over griffins.
Since your griffin is the exclusive Warcraft mount of the royal family, can't the rest of us just use the hippogriff?
Although they are the replacement of griffins and are not governed by the laws of the small kingdom of Wommza, hippogriffs have a genetic defect similar to that of mules and cannot reproduce naturally.
Just like a mule is born from the union of a horse and a donkey; ligers and tigons are born from the union of tigers and lions; but they are all difficult to breed, it's the same principle.
Since griffins are needed for breeding, and griffins are exclusive to the royal family, it follows that the Hippogriff is definitely not an ordinary creature.
Therefore, the three carriages in front of us are not only extremely expensive in themselves, but even the nine eagle-headed and horse-like winged beasts pulling the carriages are definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
In addition to the city lord, important entourage and officials sitting in the three carriages, there were more than twenty guards surrounding them.
They wore mail vests, held shields in one hand, and spears in the other.
In addition to spears, long swords, short swords, daggers, quivers, longbows, etc. are all available.
There is no doubt that they have extremely comprehensive skills. As long as they are not asked to cast spells, they can probably complete attack and defense commands at any distance perfectly.
Among this group of solemn guards, there was a woman.
Her body was a transparent gelatinous substance and looked wet and soft.
However, when she was wearing heavy equipment and holding a huge hammer in her hand, people could tell that her strength was definitely not small.
The Min-Qing people are a race that looks and feels very similar to slimes. The body parts they voluntarily discard can even be provided for human consumption - they taste chewy and sweet.
Of course, this is only true if the other party voluntarily abandons it. If the other party pretends to abandon it or it is passively cut off, then you have to be careful, because these broken limbs and residual fluids may find ways to sneak attack your mouth, nose, and trachea at any time.
Even if it is swallowed, it may still crawl out of your stomach and intestines, giving you some heart-wrenching organ care.
It is precisely because of this that this is a powerful race that has been clearly labeled as delicious in many history books, but has not become 18G.
After all, Min-kyung is such a race. No matter how much damage they suffer, they can gradually recover over time and have no sense of pain.
This also means that once they become combatants, they will have talents and resistances that are unimaginable for other intelligent creatures.
The woman named Minqiu among the crowd was riding a horse that was different from the others. It was a transparent, gelatinous, bouncing horse.
The carriage was equipped with the magic item [Stable Wheels], and it was pulled by an eagle-headed horse-like beast. Among the entourage and guards there was actually a warrior from the Minqiu tribe.
What these things reflect can no longer be measured by wealth.
In short, this is definitely not the standard that an ordinary city lord should have.
When an ordinary city lord makes such a move during a negotiation, it is probably because he wants to show off his superiority such as the strength of his army and his wealth.
At this moment, the conversation taking place in the middle carriage also became more complicated.
"Lord Zegna, it's time for you to wake up."
The sound woke Bad Zegna from his brief nap.
Then, the Lord of Slime City, who was about to have a meeting with Abes and others, yawned and sat up from his chair.
"Lord Zegna, you seem to be sleeping very soundly. Should I not wake you up?"
Hearing the question from his attendant, Bader Zegna shook his head and said, "No, I've rested well."
"Rather, I've never had such a good rest recently."
Seeing the bitter smile on Lord Zegna's face, the followers in the vehicle also showed the same smile.
Who else can get a good rest?
After General Paddy's rebellion, the situation of the small kingdom of Łomza plummeted.
The possibility of Lord Zegna being able to preserve [that thing] becomes even slimmer.
Unfortunately, General Paddy's main force was stationed in the northeast corner of the kingdom. After the uprising, he immediately captured Raven Castle, a military fortress adjacent to Mud City.
But fortunately, General Paddy's large force was stationed so nearby.
Judging from the information provided by the Minqin tribe, the situation in other places in the small kingdom is even worse than here in the northeast corner.
You know, before the rebellion, or in other words, before his conspiracy was exposed, this crazy leader of the seven generals, took advantage of special wartime laws to frantically mobilize all the military forces in the country.
Even many prisons released their prisoners to form a criminal army in order to please the general.
Before they saw through General Paddy's plot, some junior generals, and even some of the Seventh General's colleagues, mobilized some of their soldiers.
And now, with the enemy's sudden uprising, some of the soldiers have been blasted into mud in the wilderness by General Paddy using the mage corps at his disposal.
But more soldiers found themselves in a very terrible situation because of this - they were scattered.
They don't know who their comrades are in the ranks, nor do they know who their sergeant or higher authority is.
They didn't even know how to contact their old unit, nor did they know to which remote wilderness their team had been led by the people arranged by General Paidi.
The result of this was that there were a large number of defeated soldiers and deserters across the country.
Before the warlords, big and small, were able to regroup their forces, the working people were forced to live unimaginable miserable lives.
Even if wild beasts pass through the border, they only know to take the part they want to eat; but if a war disaster passes through the border, the situation will probably be even more bleak. The passing of bandits is like a comb, the passing of soldiers is like a rake, and the passing of officials is like shaving. This is no joke.
And this is the bit of luck that General Paddy has in the northeast corner of the small kingdom. With him as the biggest warlord, the integration of military forces can be brought under his command as quickly as possible.
But now, these little bits of luck can no longer continue.
Because he learned a strange piece of news, Wang Du was captured.
The royal capital was actually taken down by someone else.
Originally, when the king was there, he only needed to bow his head obediently to General Paddy.
And now, the royal capital has been taken over by other forces. Does he have to bow to both sides?
Moreover, the talks...
Such a suggestion made him feel particularly awkward.
In the North, a land that is like a mental hospital, undeclared war is common, and there are actually people who want to negotiate?
Therefore, he had not replied in the past few days, but turned to his loyal intelligence network, the Min-Qing tribe, for help.
He hoped that these powerful races, like sweet ice slime, could help him figure out their identities.
But the result surprised him.
It wasn't some prominent family that took over the capital, nor was it some warlord who had seized the opportunity, nor was it some foreign country that had declared war without warning.
They are just civilians, a group of civilians and criminal soldiers.
This situation was really incomprehensible to him, so after struggling for a long time, a bold idea popped up in Bad Zegna's mind.
For some reason, Crow Castle hasn't contacted me for a long time.
If the other party has good intentions towards you, you should actively communicate with them;
If the other party had ill intentions towards me, judging from General Paddy's past record of chasing enemies from all directions, he should also contact me to stabilize me and confuse me.
But there was no connection, which was something Zegna had never expected.
The result is easy to understand. General Paddy must have encountered some trouble.
And it is a very big trouble, so big that the other party cannot free himself to take care of the situation on his side.
In order to protect [that thing], I need more living space.
Since the capital was taken by a group of commoners by accident, as long as I can find a way to eliminate the power of this group of commoners, I may be able to get enough grace from the king.
These were the things he had discussed with his entourage before setting off.
It could be said that the twenty or so carefully selected guards around the carriages, the ambushers hiding in the luggage of the three carriages ready for a surprise attack, and the three invisible thorn beast assassins that he had spent a lot of money to arrange, were all for the upcoming meeting.
And now, he really needed a rest. Organizing, arranging and rehearsing these things took up a lot of his energy.
However, if I fall asleep again now, I might appear dazed due to excessive sleep during the meeting, which is not good.
So he decided to have a conversation with his close followers to cheer them up.
"I've made so many arrangements, but now I have nothing to do before reaching the destination..."
He opened the conversation.
"It's all thanks to Lord Zegna's foresight. What do you think we should make the small kingdom look like after we successfully liberate the king?" The one who took over the conversation was his capable subordinate, his own lawyer. He had put a lot of effort into the transformation of Mud City.
So, Zegna followed the other party's preferences and said, "Of course, it is to promote reforms. We have made life a little better for everyone in Ooze City, which proves that our methods are effective... As long as we promote them to the whole country. I think that after we save the king, he will definitely give me this authority."
Then, everyone in the carriage smiled happily.
The reform of Slime City... they were all involved in it, so they naturally knew what a great idea it was.
The administrative affairs of the small kingdoms... or rather, the vast majority of countries in the North were originally controlled by the nobles.
It's not that they don't know how to select talented people for positions, but based on reasons such as wealth distribution, perhaps only people of aristocratic origin would have the opportunity to receive education.
There were teachers of literature, languages, history, and geography, as well as teachers of fencing and riding, and one or two naturalists.
Even after completing these relatively basic courses, there are still extremely difficult courses such as art, etiquette, and heraldry.
In addition, there are some courses that are difficult to classify, such as teaching a person how to please others, how to be close or act stupid at the right time, and how to show one's skills and techniques in certain things.
These circumstances also make education a difficult task, but Zegna also understands that these things will always be used. If it were not for these accumulations bit by bit, he would not have been able to accumulate so many supporters and confidants in the Mud City, and even successfully bring the Minqiu tribe to his side.
Relying on these forces, what Zegna has done in recent years is to boldly purge the nobles in the city and try to educate the smart children of those lonely nobles and even non-nobles to learn those courses.
And he hoped that in the future, they would be able to stand on his side and occupy important official positions.
However, as the nobles were purged, the number of civil servants who were capable and willing to stand on his side to govern also decreased.
This is to be expected.
But unexpectedly, this reform of mine actually triggered a series of more workload.
As a result, the workload for everyone from him to the officials below increased dramatically.
but……
He has no regrets.
Because only by carrying out the purge can the people have a future.
And now, he has the opportunity to spread his ideas to the entire small kingdom.
If I can do it, even the guy on the throne can...
He nodded, but then shook his head.
"I'll do whatever is necessary."