Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1008 Wine, Meat and Fighting
The grand banquet of Shadow Kingdom was held as scheduled.

After entering the castle, just one floor down is the banquet hall.

The heat was as hot as that of a blacksmith's shop, making Yassen feel that his skin was burning hot.

The smell of barbecue, stewed meat, and wine mixed together and hit me in the face.

There were still no lights here, just as dim as outside. Even at the banquet, there were no torches or candles to be seen.

However, in this basement where no lightning could be seen, it was actually much brighter than outside.

There were strange round tables of varying sizes. The round tables looked like donuts or pizzas, with the outer ring being taller. The inner ring was lower and even hollow. The floor beneath the round tables was open, with visible flames rising from it. The flames licked the inner ring of the round table, which looked like a wire mesh, and kept roasting the meat on it.

The flames illuminated the entire room. Although it was still a little dim from the outside world's perspective, for Aiwas and Yasen, who had now completely adapted to the dark world outside, the flames were even bright enough to hurt their eyes.

The soldiers did not use knives and forks, but in a sense they used something similar to chopsticks - when they ate barbecue, they used a pair of tongs that looked like long-handled pliers.

They would pick up the raw meat they wanted to eat from the basket beside them and put it on the wire mesh of the low table in the middle, letting the fierce flames lick it, and then pick it up and eat it after it was cooked or burnt. Or they would also put the small pot of broth on the inner ring in the middle, let it boil for a while, and then put it in front of them. Some people would use it to heat the iced wine in their bowls, making it room temperature or hot wine...

Even though it was a dim environment, every soldier was sweating while eating.

The fighters had different styles. Some just focused on eating meat, some drank while eating, and some focused on playing finger-guessing games and drinking.

Some witches walked around the table, constantly filling everyone's basket with meat, placing bowls of seasoned broth in the middle, or placing bowls of iced liquor in front of the warriors, one bowl after another after they finished one.

These witches all have enchanting figures and beautiful faces, but about 70% of them have some kind of animal features - for example, the lower body is a giant python, or the head has cat ears. There are also a few witches with blue or green skin... These are all proof that the creatures they merged with are different.

Some witches simply sat in the arms of a certain warrior. Perhaps because Shadow Tiansi had not arrived yet, some warriors had already started a game with the witches at the table.

As if encouraged by the atmosphere, more and more warriors chose to start a game.

It was not until Shadow Tiansi brought Aiwas and the others down that the warriors and witches quickly became serious and went to do their own things after they separated. Just like students pretending to read aloud when the class teacher approached, the noises of their eating and drinking seemed to be even louder.

This actually couldn't be hidden from the Shadow Heavenly Master at all - but this little bit of "rebellion" was also allowed by the Shadow Heavenly Master. It's better to say it's a certain sentiment.

“…It’s all meat.”

Yasen pretended that he hadn't seen what had just happened, and exclaimed: "That's really good."

Ying Tiansi had been squinting his eyes to scan the banquet, but upon hearing this he turned back and smiled, "It's better to say... things other than meat are rare things for me."

Upon hearing this, Aiwass immediately thought of Avalon in the original "Shadow of Avalon" incident -

Just like when the Fallen Angels descended, they overlapped their domain with the material world; the same thing happened when the Shadow Angels descended. But after the Kingdom of Shadows overlapped with the material world, almost all the plants died. In the Shadow Realm, almost all plants could not grow. Only oaks and shrubs could withstand the infiltration of the shadow breath, turning completely black while retaining the ability to produce fruits. These things alone could not even feed herbivores.

Although animal products are still edible, they simply won’t last long.

And in that area, even if the lights are turned on, the light cannot penetrate far, as if it is wrapped in black fog. Therefore, even if you do not use soil corrupted by the power of shadow, but take soil from the outside world, or simply cultivate without soil, it will be difficult for the plants to survive because the light is greatly weakened.

The most important thing is that once a mortal dies here, he will turn into a ghost. And a large number of ghosts will block the transportation of goods.

If Isabel in the original world line had not obtained the power of the Queen of Flowers and brought life back to the land of Avalon... I'm afraid that after the arrival of Shadow God, Avalon would have completely become history.

It's not that she has any bad intentions... but the shadow realm will make it impossible for humans to survive. Just like the arrival of Yuan Tiansi will cause the city to be submerged by the sea - for sea monsters, it means the expansion of comfortable living areas; but for land creatures, it means death.

Ying Tiansi led a few people to sit at the top table - which was also the largest table. Apart from Ying Tiansi, Aiwass, Yasen and Viness, there was only one person sitting here, and that was Ares, the destroyer of nations. These people didn't even fill up one third of the table.

Unlike the "self-service barbecues" below, the largest table is filled with pre-cooked delicacies. Only here can you see very few vegetables.

If I were to use one sentence to comment on Ying Tiansi’s meal - it can be simply called Monster Hunter style cat meal.

"Does Ares usually sit here and eat?"

Aiwass looked at Ares with some surprise.

He probably underestimated Ares' status in the Shadow Kingdom. Ares and Shadow Tiansi looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

"No," Ares explained good-temperedly, "Because I am the champion today."

Hearing this, Aihua suddenly understood.

Because Aiwas was going to sit with Ying Tiansi and Vignes... Yasen didn't want to sit next to Vignes, so he sat on the other side, next to Ares.

He tilted his head slightly and asked Ares in a puzzled voice: "Champion? Did you have any competition?"

"We compete almost every day. Or rather, our day is divided up by competitions."

Ares also whispered, "When everyone is full and energetic and has nothing to do, a competition will be held. Whoever is free can hold the competition, and whoever is free can join in. Sometimes it is a small-scale duel... that is, a duel between a few people; if everyone is awake or most people have nothing to do, a large-scale competition will be held, and the winner and the one with superior performance will be favored by the queen."

Yasen asked in confusion, "Comparison of what?"

"We compete in everything, long jump, running, throwing, archery... we compete in anything we don't agree with, but most of the time we compete in fighting each other. For example, today's competition is like that."

Ares was quite proud: "I just killed all of them, so today I am the champion."

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"If they were to fight each other..."

Yasen hesitated: "Then could it be..."

He had no doubts about the fact that "people can be resurrected after death"... but he had just learned from Aiwass that Ares was once an apostle of the Most High and had the terrifying title of "Destroyer of Nations".

"——Then can anyone else still win?"

"Hahaha!"

Hearing such affirmation, Ares laughed happily, and was obviously very happy with what Yassen said: "Well said! Come, have a drink!"

He wanted to pat Yasen on the back, but stopped when he stretched out his hand, obviously because he was afraid of patting Yasen to death.

So he turned around and handed Yasen a bowl of wine, then he picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all.

It was a stone basin about the size of a washbasin, which was just right for Ares to hold in one hand.

"Ares, that boy has no knowledge!"

Someone below shouted, "Let him see it for himself!"

"Okay!"

Ares heard this and responded readily: "Come on! Fight!"

As he spoke, he finished the ice wine in the bowl, chewed the ice cubes in it, and walked down while picking up the flaming spear.

Several soldiers were eager to try. They grabbed a piece of meat and put it in their mouths. They stood up while chewing and clapping their hands.

They didn't even warm up, and the fight started without warning.

Ares pierced the giant warrior's heart with his spear as he flew towards him, then lifted him up and smashed him directly onto the iron rack in the middle of one of the tables, roasting him with a sizzling sound.

He laughed wildly, and with his other hand he grabbed the arm of a human warrior and tore it off!
"it is good!"

"Give it to me! Give it to me!"

The other people at the banquet were in an uproar, and some kept asking for the bloody arm.

Ares threw the arm out directly, knocked the man who asked for the arm away, and nailed him to the wall with his arm!
(End of this chapter)