Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1178 Dwarf Banquet
Otto Copperfurnace walked into the Dwarf King's Palace with a brisk pace, without looking around, and went straight through the hall and sat on his throne.

Then, all the dwarves who had just taken their seats stood up and saluted.

Although Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng were not each other's subjects, they still had to observe basic etiquette when meeting the king of another country.

With this thought in mind, the two of them stood up and bowed slightly to Otto Tonglu, which was considered a greeting.

Then, Otto's powerful voice rang out.

"Everyone, sit down!"

As he spoke, Otto's gaze fell on Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng.

At that moment, Xie Liancheng clearly felt a pressure that could not be ignored.

[This feeling. This guy named Otto is really strong! ]

The previous battle in the northeast region has made Jie Liancheng clearly aware that there are powerful people at the King Kong Realm level on the greenskin side.

The scale of the greenskin army in Copperforge is even more exaggerated than that in the northeast region. It is a bit unrealistic to say that this obviously stronger greenskin group does not have a strong man at the Vajra Realm level to lead it.

Under this premise, the strong men from the greenskin side had not shown up in the previous battle.

There is only one possibility for such a situation to occur, and that is that there are also strong men of the same level on the side of Tonglu Fort, forming a check and balance with it, resulting in neither side being able to act rashly.

Bale has some strength, but not to that level. Jie Liancheng estimated that he is at the Hundred Refinements Realm.

However, this time, after meeting the King of Copperforge Castle, Otto Copperforge, Xie Liancheng's doubts were completely dispelled.

Just as Xie Liancheng was thinking about this, Otto's voice rang out again.

"This banquet is mainly to welcome our friends from Da Zhou..."

As Otto spoke, he raised the wine barrel cup in his hand towards Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng.

“This first glass of wine is for my friends!”

As he spoke, Otto drank the wine in an unusually generous gulp.

Seeing this, Shi Lei and Jie Liancheng had no choice but to do it.

Fortunately, this was not a strong liquor, probably rye beer. However, the brewing process was limited and the taste was very rough. Although the alcohol content was not high, the strong bitterness made Jie Liancheng confused.

In comparison, the dwarves were drinking like crazy.

Even Bale, Woking and others are no exception.

After all, wine is brewed with grain, and grain is an important material during wartime, which makes wine basically a luxury item during wartime.

If it weren't for this time to welcome the arrival of reinforcements from the Great Zhou, it would not be so easy for these dwarves to get a sip of beer on a normal day.

Now that they have the chance, won’t they drink themselves to death?
During this process, what made Jie Liancheng a little concerned was that after Otto toasted everyone, he said he had some business to deal with, and after instructing his younger brother Balai to entertain everyone well, he left.

Normally, at this kind of banquet, as the host, Otto should have put aside something even if he had something to do. It would be unacceptable for him to be the first to leave.

Looking at Otto's leaving back, Xie Liancheng couldn't help but be absent-minded.

But before he could think more, the eldest prince Baron came over to toast him.

This man is undoubtedly a big drinker. Shi Lei doesn't like to drink much on weekdays and his alcohol tolerance is limited. He was obviously unable to handle it. Seeing this, Jie Liancheng hurried over to help Shi Lei block the wine.

Before he traveled through time, his alcohol tolerance was actually average, but he could still handle this beer.

No one knew how long they had been drinking, and when the drinking was over, even Jie Liancheng's steps were a little unsteady.

[Damn, these dwarves are all a bunch of drunkards?! ]

"call--"

After returning to the camp, Xie Liancheng slumped down in his chair, finally breathing a sigh of relief. "I've asked someone to make some hangover soup."

Since most of the wine was blocked by Jie Liancheng, Shi Lei was in a pretty good condition at the moment.

After hearing this, Xie Liancheng simply waved his hand.

"It's okay, my mind is still clear."

As Xie Liancheng spoke, he patted his cheeks hard and then went straight to the point.

"The dwarf king is at least a strong man at the Diamond Realm level."

Having said this, Xie Liancheng paused.

"And the eldest prince is probably not a vegetarian either."

"You mean, there are two Vajra Realms in Tonglu Castle?"

Xie Liancheng shook his head.

"I'm not sure, my prince. I can only say it's possible."

When talking about this, Xie Liancheng felt a little melancholy.

He had originally begun to strive for the Vajra Realm, but in the battle in the Northeast, he fought overloaded and suffered injuries all over his body.

People often say that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but his condition at the time was even more serious, and it took him almost a year just to recover from his injuries. During this period, he was unable to carry out high-intensity training, and his strength even regressed.

Although I recovered later, I was still stuck at the bottleneck of this great realm. I didn’t know how to break through, or I couldn’t find the state.

Xie Liancheng probably knew what was going on with him.

This is probably PTSD, also known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

This situation also happens in the sports circle. For example, a runner breaks a leg and recovers. The doctor tells you that there is no problem and it will not affect future training and competitions, but your running performance has declined.

At first you thought it was because you hadn’t run for a long time and your competitive condition had declined, which caused this situation.

However, after active training, he still couldn't run the same results as before his injury.

Many people may attribute this to injuries. It is very common for injured athletes to be unable to return to their peak form.

In fact, this can be said, but the real reason is probably that your subconscious mind is avoiding it. You are afraid that your leg will break again, so you dare not really run at full speed!

Even the athletes themselves may not be aware of this.

Xie Liancheng was aware of this problem, but what could he do? Psychological problems like this cannot be easily solved after knowing about them.

After taking a deep breath, Xie Liancheng didn't let himself be depressed about this issue for too long.

During this time, he seemed to remember something, and after hesitating for a moment, he spoke again...

"Oh, by the way, the dwarf king. I don't know if it's my illusion, but he seems to be injured."

Shi Lei was shocked when he heard this, and then his expression quickly became serious.

"That is to say, before we came, the strong men from both sides had probably already fought once."

"Most likely yes."

Xie Liancheng nodded and expressed his concerns.

"Being injured isn't scary. What's scary is that he's still injured, while the greenskin warrior on the opposite side has already recovered. Don't forget, the greenskin's ability to recover is incredibly strong!"

(End of this chapter)