lizard lord

Chapter 171 Epilogue
To be honest, Tang Zhao didn't have much feeling for the royal family of Oran. He could only say that he thought they did a good job and did what a royal family should do, but the third princess, Julia Oran, was an exception.

Because of this woman's inadvertent action, Tang Zhao and the others left their hometown and had to go to Insula, hundreds of kilometers away, to settle down. Although the final result was good, it also caused many difficulties. I have to say something about this princess None, that's impossible.

However, Tang Zhao can also clearly distinguish the priority, that is, the degree of displeasure with her, and it will not have any impact.

He was quite surprised by this. After all, no matter how low the line of succession was, he was still a serious member of the royal family. He came to this kind of war-torn place without saying hello, and Tang Zhao couldn't figure out what the other party was thinking.

It can only be said that it is no wonder that she has a good relationship with Olivia. These two people have their own ideas. Olivia has already proved to her father that her ideas are reasonable. Next, let’s look at this royal family member What happened.

[I want to talk to her, at least I need to know why I'm here. 】

"It's expected, but don't worry, the two sides will have a chance to sit down and have a good talk."

[What I need is as soon as possible, not a chance, can you meet my request? 】

"…I will."

In fact, Tang Zhao and Olivia have nothing to talk about. He promises to maintain the normal passage of the caravan and provide supplies. At the same time, he acts as a middleman between the two parties. Olivia can't promise too much now, but she has agreed to contact him. I believe that the Southern Elf Kingdom is willing to reward him for his deeds.

Tang Zhao didn't care too much, after all, these were unexpected joys, he had the best, and he wouldn't feel unbalanced if he didn't.

……

After talking with Olivia, Tang Zhao took her to Calak Solma, where the princess was.

He hadn't looked at the other party carefully before. After all, the beauty, ugliness, and height of human beings really meant nothing to Tang Zhao. Now that he knew the identity of the other party, Tang Zhao changed his eyes and looked at the other party carefully.

Then, I really didn't see anything.

She is indeed beautiful, and has an indescribable aura, but she doesn't feel like a member of the royal family is not angry and arrogant. She looks like a lady from a middle-to-upper class noble family, and she doesn't look like someone in power.

Of course, it is indeed a bit strict to use this standard to ask a girl. Maybe her brothers have this kind of temperament, but she really doesn't need to have it.

"Why do you want to find me?"

【I should ask this question first. After all, Miss Oran, your surname is not common. I want to know the reason why you came here. That's the reason. 】

"Me?" She shrugged, "Curiosity is just interesting, that's what it is. Burke mentioned this place in his letter to the minister, and he had a very special evaluation of it. I think it's interesting, so I just came here." .”

Tang Zhao is not surprised that she can say this, she has been prepared for a long time.After all, it is not something that most members of the royal family can do by summoning the idle and pain-free children of the royal capital to go to the forest to catch all kinds of strange creatures.

[Well then, I won't ask the boring question of why you didn't disclose your identity, what's your observation? 】

"It's not bad. From my observations, it's much better than some places in Oran. By the way, your point of view is also reasonable. Kobolds are not a completely useless race, and they are still competent for some jobs."

[Thank you for your high evaluation, but I want to know something more essential, you know. 】

"Okay, okay. You just want to know my family's attitude towards this place. But let me tell you a sad news. My relationship with my family at home is just like that. My father and brother will not change diplomacy for me. It's been a while since I left the capital, so I don't know what new ideas they have. The purpose of my coming here is to satisfy my curiosity, and I can't make too many decisions. I don't have such great power at all.

Of course, there was a couple of good news in the meantime.First of all, that rigid person, Bok, has a pretty good opinion of you. Although he is not my father’s courtier, he is indeed a reliable person. My father and the others are very willing to believe Bok’s words. Thanks to this, their perception of you It's not bad, after all, you didn't cause them any trouble, mercenaries and the like are just small things.

Besides, let me tell you directly, my father took time to discuss your affairs before going to war with the Marquis of Morvic.The final conclusion is that the western elves may not be of much help to the royal family of Oran, but the dwarves are not like that. Now they are fighting everywhere. They need to communicate with the dwarves. If you disagree or behave too greedy, they The possibility of using force is not ruled out, be careful yourself. "

Saying this may give people a sense of threat, but in fact, it is a thorough explanation for Tang Zhao, and it is also a pleasure to say something directly.

Movik is the name of the Marquis of the Kingdom, the leading noble in the country, and he also started the rebellion. It is basically in a state of being over now. I don’t know how the royal family will deal with him. I must be dead. It’s hard to say what about the family.

As for the dwarves, Oran does have trade with the dwarves, but their main trade target is the hilly dwarves in the northeastern coastal area. This is a relatively weak line of dwarves, with a small number of people and limited technology and metallurgical capabilities.It can provide the royal family of Oran with the weapons and equipment they want, but not many.

At this time, trade with the dwarves in the mountains is very important.

Tang Zhao's strength is not important, what is important is that he can play the role of middleman in it.There can be a place where several parties can communicate with each other, and Tang Zhao can also benefit from it.It is necessary to grasp the scale. Even the elves in the most difficult situation in these parties are not something he can afford. Julia is right about this. His situation is actually a bit dangerous. It can’t be called dancing on the tip of a knife, but Not strong enough to go anywhere.

Tang Zhao was a human being in his previous life, and there are not many creatures who understand what a human being is like better than him.He was like a piece of meat on the edge of his mouth, and he was very attractive to Oran.

That's why he fought so hard before, one of the reasons is to show his strength more, let the Oran royal family think about it, and don't attack him casually.

[I see, thank you for your kind reminder. 】

"Thank you for accepting, but these alone are not enough."

【You can tell me what troubles you have, and I will try my best to help you out. 】

Julia's expression became a lot more relaxed, although she didn't look serious at first.

"You are very smart, I need someone to help me with some things, because of some...family disputes, I don't have many strong people on hand. As long as you help me deal with things, my private funds are still very abundant, and the reward very nice."

[My warriors and I are not mercenaries. You can find the elite mercenaries in the capital to handle this kind of thing. We also have to guard against hobgoblins. 】

Of course, the first thought was to refuse. This kind of behavior is quite like choosing a side. Even if Tang Zhao stood in a team, he would not choose the weaker side.

Julia gave Tang Zhao a helpless look: "If I can find it, why do I come here. Or to put it another way, the one who came with me must not be my father's vulture knight, but my real confidant."

[The matter of Oran, it is best to let the people of Oran resolve it themselves, I have no right to interfere with anything. 】

"I'm afraid you don't have the ability to interfere if you want to. Of course, I don't care too much about this kind of thing. Just rest assured, I have a sense of proportion, and you also have the right to be independent. I am not interested in fighting for the throne with my brother, so don't worry about my What conflicts do your loved ones have with you, as a girl, there will always be some troublesome things, you just need to help solve my troubles."

This made Tang Zhao's eyelids twitch, which was a bit blatant.

But when it comes to this point, Tang Zhao is not very good at refusing, so he can only nod his head in agreement.

……

In his eyes, this human being with royal blood was very strange. He ran all the way to such a remote place, and then stayed here for several days. Now he didn't say anything, and was about to leave.

There must be something hidden from him behind the scenes. There is a high probability that the other party is taking the opportunity of meeting Olivia and the elf as an excuse to leave the capital.I went to Luford or somewhere else to do some things, but Tang Zhao didn't really care.

Anyway, he basically knew everything about Karaksalma, and Julia really didn’t do much except visit, so that’s fine.He can't control things outside the city, and he can't be blamed if something goes wrong.

Of course, Olan's hard talk can also be brought to him. At this time, it is useless to prevent it, so this kind of thing is not considered.

Olivia said that she would visit again with people from the Southern Elf Kingdom in the near future, and Julia also said that she would contact him again in the near future, and the matter was over here.

The Vulture Knight withdrew that day, instead of returning to Luford to continue participating in the war, he returned directly to the capital.

Things are more urgent.There was no need for them to continue waiting at Lufford.

Up to now, the wars in various places have come to an end.

The allied forces of the legion directly under the royal family and other nobles who have not rebelled have entered the territory of the rebels, and they have launched an offensive on the core territory of the rebel nobles.

According to the latest news a few days ago, they have already besieged the last few castles, and it is estimated that it will end soon.

At the same time, the demonic activities in various places have eased, but they are far from being cured. It is estimated that they will be the main enemies that adventurers will deal with later. It is really quite difficult. I hope they will not be too impulsive.

Tang Zhao had a few conversations with Currier. He wanted Currier to cooperate with Luford's defenders and the new legion to drive back the bloodfist hobgoblin or even wipe it out completely, but the proposal was rejected by the other party.

The reason is that humans can solve it by themselves, and the dwarves don't want to bear more casualties.

It is also understandable, indeed, that they are very short of people.Currier left 200 people behind just in case, and led the large force back to Dragon's Blood Pass.

It is also difficult for Tang Zhao to gather enough strength to go out of the city now.

The Bloodfist hobgoblins are more numerous and stronger, but this is still a secondary issue-there is a plain terrain, and if they want to attack, it means confronting the hobgoblin army head-on.

Even to deal with the Green Spears, Tang Zhao had to rely on the advantages of the terrain, either fighting guerrilla in the forest or defending on the city wall. It was too difficult to face the attack in the wild, and the casualties were unacceptable.

However, we can't turn a blind eye to Lu Fude's situation. After all, the vulture knights that Bock won helped them a lot, and Tang Zhao changed his method to help them.

Lizardmen and dwarves entered the city by water in boats, and the boats were also filled with weapons and equipment.

Most of them were seized from hobgoblins, and they didn't lack armor, knives and guns for the time being.At the same time they unloaded most of the catapults on the walls and sent them to Lufford with all the ammunition.

Those dwarves are the technical units responsible for manipulating the ballistas, and there are quite a few ballistas. For the defenders, it is a timely help, and they have returned the favor of the vulture knight.

In addition, there were many druids who followed the first batch of teams to Luford. They brought a large amount of medicinal materials and prepared potions to deal with the plague problem that was gradually getting out of control in the city.

In terms of medical and health care, Luford does have advantages, such as a well-developed sewer system, but it still has not widened the essential gap with medieval cities. It is generally in a relatively clean and hygienic state, especially now that there are still influxes. Many civilians who came to take refuge did not have enough housing to provide them, and many of them could only live in tents, which further exacerbated the spread of the plague.

Weighing the pros and cons, Tang Zhao still didn't go there in person, because he had a lot of scars on his body and his mental state didn't look good, and he didn't want to show weakness to the people in the city.

A group of idle druids surrounded him for inspection, and the conclusions they came to were not very optimistic.If you want to completely restore your combat effectiveness, it will be impossible within three or two months.

[The goal at this stage is to put the settlement on the right track, then look for opportunities to evolve, strengthen the strength before making other plans, the current strength is not enough. 】

The accumulation time required for each evolution is getting longer and longer. The last evolution was a "old story" a few months ago. In the past month, he hasn't eaten well, and his weight has dropped.

Even so, he was about to gather enough food for evolution, and those blood core Andreas had already prepared, waiting for a suitable time to evolve.
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[How about casualties? 】

Cynthia's eyes were filled with tears: "There are more than 500 dead, more than 100 seriously injured, and countless minor injuries. It can be considered that everyone is injured."

In the war, almost everyone went to the front line, or did what they could in the rear.

A total of more than 700 dead and seriously injured, this is not a small number. After all, the total population of the settlement is less than [-], and no matter how good the battle loss ratio is, it cannot replace the dead.

Most of the dead were those with good combat effectiveness, and this hit the settlement even more seriously.

There is no doubt that they have lost the power to expand outward in the near future, and it would be good to stabilize the existing territory.

[Let them mourn as much as they want, and use all the stored materials, we all need a time to adjust]

Cynthia was not in the mood for chatting, and after nodding in agreement, she flew to the warehouse, ready to greet everyone to move things.

Tang Zhao was left to think on the spot, and Tang Zhao soon called Honglin again.

He reached a consensus with the other party before, but did not discuss the specific plan. Now is the time, so as to save the hassle when the time comes.

The Lizardmen had to figure out their future direction, so Tang Zhao could adjust his plan according to their decision.

(End of this chapter)