lizard lord

Chapter 152 Two demon lords take turns serving him

Hearing this, Andrea was stunned for a moment, then sighed heavily.

Before last autumn, she knew about this when she was still seeking a living elsewhere, and she felt deeply incomprehensible about it.

According to the royal family, the event held by the third princess was aimed at finding "true warriors", but in fact, Andrea seriously suspected that such a big show was simply an attempt to add bricks to the royal family's zoo.

The nobles of the upper class always have this kind of activity, and she is actually used to it. Half a year ago, the children of the second-year middle school nobles who were full of enthusiasm ran to the vicinity of Lufud, hoping to find some rare and exotic beasts, bring them back to the capital, and give them to them. The princess who has been thinking about it is on a errand.

However, the number of such people is not many. The group of noble children who really have ideas and actions are either joining the army on the front line to gain qualifications, or taking risks in various places to accumulate experience, or gradually taking over the family business, and the worst is also busy in the academy. Strength and combat command ability, there is no time to take care of this kind of thing, and it is not a royal family recruiting relatives, so the actual benefits brought are not great.

In short, among the people who responded to the call, most of them were noble children. If you classify noble children, most of them are dude children. It's okay to make a fuss in the Guan Forest, but it's unnecessary to come to Luford's side after crossing half of the kingdom.

It's just that they didn't expect that the young talents in the capital, which had been quiet before, have recently become lively again. The main reason is that they heard the news of Tang Zhao's existence.

At the very beginning, considering the preferences of most women, the creatures they subdued were basically cute, but they repeatedly hit the wall, but those powerful and mighty creatures could be praised casually by the beautiful and noble princess, which was a great achievement for them. pointed out the direction.

There are many mercenaries who have witnessed Tang Chao's form. Even hunters and adventurers who occasionally go into the mountains will sometimes see Tang Zhao. He will not hide himself in the forest unless necessary.

Animal princesses who are too weak don’t look down on them, and creatures that are too powerful, such as giant dragons and titans, obviously cannot be dealt with with their strength. The dandies belong to the dandies, and they are basically educated in line with aristocratic status, and their IQs are low. The problem is, creatures that the king and the five marquises can't deal with, they certainly can't afford to provoke.

In this case, Tang Chao, who seemed not weak and not completely incapable of dealing with him, was just right, neither strong nor weak.

After thinking about it, Andrea shook her head slightly: "Understood, pay attention to their movements, arrange some merchants to sell things in high-end hotels by the way, raise the price a little, about [-]% is enough, the packaging is high-end, in line with those nobles business identity."

The subordinate responded and went to arrange the manpower.

Andrea looked around, then quickly took out the paper and wrote a letter.After finishing, she blew a whistle, and a pigeon flew down from the nearby eaves. After she stuffed the letter into the letter box tied to the pigeon's feet, she patted the pigeon's wings. The pigeon immediately understood and flapped its wings to fly away. , Flying in the direction of Insula.
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After receiving the news, Tang Zhao was a little dumbfounded: last time he had to leave because of these adventurers, but this time he ran into them again.

But this time he doesn't plan to run away, he has already taken root here.

Of course, he also has a headache about how to deal with these noble children. These people are easy to deal with, but their background is too big.

As far as these noble children themselves are concerned, they are not many in number, their coordination is basically poor, and their strength is not very good. At most, they have better equipment, but it is harmless. They don't even need the elves to take action. The goblin equipped with poison arrows can kill them.

However, most of them are from the royal capital, the center of power, and Tang Zhao couldn't do anything to them.

Tang Zhao called Lilith and Elena.

[Recently, there will be some humans trying to approach our settlements, don’t kill them, use your magic to confuse them, let them out of the forest, that’s all. 】

The safer way is to prepare first-hand.There is no difficulty for them, which is their specialty in itself.

Tail patted the ground lightly, Tang Zhao thought for a while, and had another idea.

[Take out one-fifth of the reserves from the treasury, and prepare to give it to Andrea the next time the Hermes people come again. 】

"They have always had a lot of funds reserves. It seems unnecessary. Are they going to buy something important?"

Lilith was relatively familiar with Tang Zhao, so she asked directly if she had any questions.

[It was used to deal with Earl Luford. I have reason to suspect that the reason why he has not contacted us until now is those noble children. He wants to see how we deal with this kind of thing. If we kill someone The descendants of the great nobles caused dissatisfaction in the capital, so I don't think he would mind being a vanguard, and if we handled things well and the situation didn't get out of control, he probably wouldn't mind helping us finish at the end, of course It's the kind that charges. 】

After Lilith and Elena left, Tang Zhao was still thinking about some issues.

[From the information Andrea gave me, it seems that the demons in the east of Oran have also been suppressed, and the price of food has not changed much, and I have not heard of any major weapons orders from the government. If there is such a thing , certainly cannot hide the truth from businessmen across the country. 】

He believed that the hobgoblin spent so much effort sending the scroll in, it must have been carefully planned, and would not make too serious a misjudgment of Oran's combat power and responsiveness.But judging from the current situation, it seems that the hobgoblin's plan has failed this time, and Tang Zhao is thinking about whether they have other plans.

[The chaos in the rear did not achieve the goal, and the consumption of supplies was not to that extent. All the troops directly under the capital and the major nobles were used, which had no effect on the defense of the border.】

After thinking about it, Tang Zhao couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation, but his attitude towards the enemy has always been very cautious, and he still thinks that he didn't understand the hobgoblin's plan, and he will not think that this is simply a failure of the plan.

While frowning, a kobold ran to the door, stomped on the floor with his feet, and signaled Tang Zhao his arrival.

【what's the matter?Just say it, I can hear you. 】

"Mr. Franz is looking for you. He just arrived here and said he came here on purpose."

Tang Zhao had a little impression of the kobold in front of him. After all, the settlement was so big. He was not a kobold in the city. The kobolds in the village also respected him quite a lot, calling him old man, and his reputation among the kobolds was second only to Tang Zhao himself.

Tang Zhao nodded, then stood up and walked out of the crypt.

If the other party can make a special trip to come over, there must be something more important.
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Franz is not a person who likes to talk nonsense, so he gave Tang Zhao a few simple greetings, and then got straight to the point.

"How are you preparing for the defense? Didn't the hobgoblin have any new moves?"

[Basically everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. The hobgoblins are constantly sending scout teams to test, but we have successfully intercepted them. But judging from the situation, it is not long before they officially launch an attack. 】

"Since this is the case, although it is a little out of date, I think the swamp in the northeast of Insula needs to be guarded."

Tang Zhao was a little surprised. After all, no one had mentioned this to him before. He only knew that there were stretches of swamps over there, which were extremely uninhabitable and harsh terrain for most races. Coupled with mountains, they successfully blocked The human world and the orc world.

[You have shared with me the recent situation of hobgoblins and orcs. Obviously there is some kind of secret agreement between them, and they have even formed an alliance.We can all see that the road through the Everlook Mountains is extremely critical to their two tribes, not only for attacking the rear of the elves, but also for raiding the defenseless cities and villages in western Oran.

I have lived near here for a long time. Their defense of the swamp is quite casual. There is only one city wall and a few outposts, and the force is only a few hundred people. The army can directly threaten Luford, and Luford's city defense has been relatively well built under the supervision of the Church of Heim, but the troops are seriously insufficient, only enough to maintain law and order, not enough for war. 】

Speaking of this, Tang Zhao also understood what Franz wanted to say, that is, he was worried that the orcs and hobgoblins would attack together, defeating humans first, or bypassing humans, forming a double-sided attack on them.

[Humanity is too big. Even if the west is always calm, at least one or two troops should be placed.My impression seems to be that there are troops stationed nearby, is something wrong? 】

Hearing this, Franz was also very helpless: "There was a sub-corps of 5000 people stationed on the border tens of kilometers away from Luford. In theory, it can support Luford City at any time. At the same time It can also take care of the defense of the border. But recently this legion was transferred away. According to my personal inside information, this legion was sent to the east because of the conflict between the royal family and a certain Lord Marquis. Border defense The elite troops were transferred away, and they have to fill in the vacancies. Although they are secondary legions, they are also regular troops, and they are perfectly capable of defending the enemy in the fortress."

Hearing this, Tang Zhao glanced at Franz in surprise: He didn't know about this matter, and Andrea did not focus on collecting information on this aspect, but there was no news in the city at all. In this case, Franz Either he gets information quickly, or he can know something that others don't, or both.

Andrea didn't even inquire about the recent bad relationship between the royal family and which marquis, which explains the problem.

But Franz obviously didn't have any intention to explain this matter, and Tang Zhao also understood it, so he didn't ask any more questions. The focus now is not this kind of thing.

This matter is really fatal. If the orcs really do something, they probably don't know the information about the transfer of the human garrison, and they will most likely turn around and attack Tang Zhao and the others.

Even if Tang Zhao has done protective work on the east and west sides, it is still a good thing to be more prepared. After all, you don't know which bit of preparation can affect the outcome of the battle.

【Frankly speaking, I don't know much about the situation there. If you have any suggestions and ideas, you can directly express them. I will seriously consider them. I still have some preparation time. 】

"No problem," Franz took out a map from his body as if by magic, and spread it on the ground, "You should know that the dominant race in the swamp is the lizard people, which are different from those cute little guys. Although it is also a reptile-like intelligent creature, it is much more ferocious than a kobold."

Tang Zhao still did his homework for the time being, and began to search for information about lizardmen in his mind.

In the eyes of humans, kobolds and lizardmen are very similar, but in their eyes, there are still great differences.

The size of the kobolds is two sizes smaller, while the size of the lizardmen is almost the same as that of an adult human male; the chest and abdomen of the kobolds are very similar to humans, and the chest and abdomen of the lizardmen are flat, just like the belly of a crocodile; Humans have five fingers, which are similar to the toes of theropod dinosaurs, while lizardmen have only four fingers, which are the same toes as normal lizards, and some even have webbing, which is more convenient for swimming; lizardmen have large tails that drag the ground , similar to a crocodile or a marsupial lizard, a kobold has a short, slender tail that balances off the ground like a dinosaur.
From this point of view, kobolds are indeed closer to giant dragons than other intelligent reptiles. There is still a little reason for them to say that they are descendants of giant dragons. Tang Zhao was wrong to blame them before.

But in general, kobolds and lizardmen are two species with little difference.If there is any essential difference, it is probably that the thinking and habits of lizardmen are more similar to beasts, while kobolds are more similar to humans. Kobolds can still make exquisite and complex caves, while lizardmen are purely more barbaric tribal models. There is even a habit of cannibalism.

"Originally, the swamp is not a suitable place for orcs to operate. There are several large lizardmen tribes there. It stands to reason that as long as the orcs don't send out a large army of tens of thousands, they can't deal with so many lizardmen. But Recently, things have changed a bit.”

Speaking of this, Franz's expression became very serious: "According to the reliable information I have received, the number of lizardmen who believe in Seth Inek has been increasing rapidly recently, and they are carrying out raids on the surrounding lizardmen tribes." War, trying to unify them, if successful, the consequences will be disastrous."

Seth Inek is also a demon lord with a reptilian appearance. He is not an orthodox god of the lizardmen, but he has been trying to exert influence on the lizardmen.

Let's not complain about how Franz got this kind of news. At this point, all fools know that there is a conspiracy behind it. First Neugut and then Seth Inek. The two demon lords took turns to fight, which is absolutely abnormal.

(End of this chapter)