Hey, King!

2021-11-13

Chapter 362 Chapter 365 It's not cold in winter
It's winter again, and a little snow again. Dagon, who had finished studying for a whole year, walked around the campus surrounded by scattered snowflakes. The winter in Myris is much worse than that in Chiling City, and it feels a little boring.

Basically all the students are getting ready to go home except Dagon. Hammerdom said that the mercenaries outside had not given up and wanted to ambush when Dagon was leaving the campus on vacation, and finally gave it a try. In this case, Dagon decided to dry them out and completely extinguish the enthusiasm of the mercenaries. More importantly, the parents in Chiling City sent a message through Yunlong's channel, telling him that he did not have to go back this winter; they were well taken care of by the toban, and their days were much more comfortable than when they were in Jiangu City.

Dagon carried a book to Professor Dongdong's place, and before he even got there, he saw a commotion from the students in the distance. Classmates of all races—mainly humans and elves—trot together toward the school gate. Their expressions were excited, surprised, and a little proud. Dagon was a little curious about what they were doing, and noticed that his friend Hydes Kool was also among them.

Hades stopped and Dagon ran after him and asked him what was going on. The red-haired Hades frowned and said: "The elves are undergoing a centralized trial, and a group of villains who do not pay their debts will be sent to the execution site. Before being executed, they will have to have a final judgment and repentance, but today Someone's gotta be hanged - everyone wants to see."

"You're going to be hanged if you don't pay your debts? How much would you owe?" Dagon asked.

"I've only hanged murderers before, and it's the first time the debtor has been hanged. Everyone wants to know the standard of execution at this time, so let's go and watch." Hydes lowered his voice. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "After thinking about it, it's not really anything to look at. In the end, I'll just know the result..."

"I don't think it's anything to look at." Dagon pointed to the one in his hand. A stack of books, and said, "The professor asked me to finish learning these things this holiday. My head is buzzing every day now."

"hehe, you learned it..." Hades smiled slightly, Struggling his beard, he said, "Students of spell know that Professor Dongdong is strict, and it's hard to see that his students don't work hard. As for you, martial skill is not mentioned, diving technique is also fine, and incantation is only a little worse - only mastering the mana cycle. No way. By the way, how is your flying?"

"You can fly to the height of the treetops, and the speed is...so-so." Dagon shrugged and said, "I can use the dive technique. For a long soar, it's just a little slower than Arcane's flight incantation. I think it's okay, but the professor doesn't want to. He said that if you can't fly faster than other pilots, it's not much different from not being able to fly."

"There seems to be this theory. The Academy holds a speed skills competition every five years, and the most talked about event in it is flying. I think it should be next year..." Hydes crooked Head, eyes looked towards the school gate, two thick red eyebrows squeezed hard towards the center. He said, "What did those people say? What happened to the dwarves in the cage?"

Dagon was stunned. His dragon sense can "see" what's going on in the distance, but his hearing isn't as strong. Hydes grabbed him, and the two of them walked towards the school gate. Before going out, Dagon had already seen the situation outside with his dragon sense.

Seven prison carts slowly walked down the street, pulled by fourteen horses. The wooden cages contained the prisoners to be executed this time. Their heads were above the ball cage, and they were held in place by a shackle just enough to pass through their necks, forcing them to remain in a standing position all the time.

Seven cars, five of them are all Jiangu clansman, men, women and children. It may be difficult for elves and humans to tell the age of Jiangu clansman under the "interference" of beards, but it is not difficult for anyone who knows the customs of Jiangu clansman. Dagon and Hydes noticed that there were underage Jiangu among the prisoners, and they were also locked up together.

The cage is a bit high and all Jiangu clansman can barely touch the ground and have to stay half-floated. When the car is bumpy, they will occasionally fall down, and only at this time can the soles of their feet fully touch the ground. Those Jiangu clansman were tortured miserably and couldn't really speak. Their mouths were tied, and they could only make whining sounds, and because their necks had been tightly restrained, they were seriously short of breath. Dagon noticed that any Jiangu prisoner who still had a bit of strength tried to raise his arms to grab the wooden bars at the top of the cage, so that he could take a few more breaths. However, they still had heavy chains wrapped around their wrists and shackles on their feet. Such a move was extremely exhausting and would definitely not last long.

Other races, humans, half-elves, halflings, and gnomes, were locked up in other vehicles. Humans and half-elves were also forced to stand with their heads sticking out of their cages, though their mouths were not gagged. Halflings and dwarfs were heavily shackled and locked in the corners of their cages, but were allowed to sit.

They were escorted by humans and elves, all riding on high-headed horses, forming a protective line on both sides of the prison cart. The elves at the head had a good conversation with the humans. From the coat of arms, the brown-haired male human should be a certain lord, and the accompanying human Knight should all be his subordinates.

The lame Elvish language was faintly heard, and the human lord was boasting about how many thieves and swindlers he had caught this time, which made the atmosphere in the domain much better. He occasionally mentions civic points, which seems to be his real concern.

"This is ridiculous! This is deliberately torturing people!" Dagon rushed up immediately, and Hydes followed closely from behind.

Their onslaught immediately caused confusion among the onlookers, and the human and elven Knights drew their swords and began to scare the crowd away. Dagon shouted: "Let Jiangu clansman speak, let Jiangu clansman breathe normally!" Just then, a dark gray blade stabbed at the back of his neck.

"Repulse Palm!" When Hydes saw the sharp blade, he immediately cast spell, a translucent red hand hit the assassin and overturned him. It was a Jiangu man, dressed in civilian clothes, with scattered beard rings hanging from his beard, but they didn't make a sound when they collided. The sharp grey blade stuck into the back of Dagon's neck and looked terrifying. Dagon staggered a step and pulled the blade out with his backhand.

Its front has been bent and red's blood drips from the blade. Dagon stared at the Jiangu assassin who was pushed to the ground, and while casting a healing spell, he put the dagger under his nose and sniffed. No weird smell, probably not poisonous, but just in case, the dagger can't be thrown away.

"Haha, dwarves fight dwarves, what a savage race!" The human lord said loudly with a smile, and ordered the prisoner to speed up. "Let them kill each other, a bunch of liars, thieves, and tramps."

The elves who led the team noticed that Dagon came out of the elite Academy, which is certainly not a liar, a thief and a tramp, but He's not going to defend Dagon or Jiangu clansman either. He ordered the convoy to speed up and then snorted, leaving no thought for the guards to maintain order or capture the assassin. He noticed that the assassinated Jiangu clansman was preparing to deal with the assassin himself, and he also saw two other people squeeze through the crowd and touch it from behind.

A halfling took advantage of her short stature to get under everyone's crotch, holding a spike in her hand. The thorns are like snake teeth, and the center is empty. It has a pouch at its end that can be squeezed, which contains venom. She pretended to be knocked over and lunged directly at Dagon's ankle. She covered the fangs with her arm, and stabbed forward.

Dagon was already alert, and he immediately raised his foot to avoid the assassination, and then stepped down, ready to break the weapon. Can attack and stop, the halfling's culling is even just a bait, and another gnome attacks Dagon with a blow needle. To avoid being immediately noticed by Dagon, the needle was not aimed at the face, but at Dagon's only support leg.

It's safe to say they made the right choice. Due to the occlusion of the five-headed dragon cloak, apart from the exposed face, Dagon's back neck and ankles appear to be the weakest protection. When there were only mud demon boots, there was no problem with this, but Dagon had already strengthened the protection with mithril, covering the soles of the feet, ankles and the front of the toes.

Ding, the sound is so subtle that it is barely audible: the poison needle of the blowing dart is blocked by the mithril armor. Dagon stepped on it with one foot, and broke the palm of the halfling assassin along with the snake-tooth poison needle, followed by a foot in the middle of the face. Even if the halfling covered it with his other hand, he was knocked out by the kick.

Dagon then walked towards the dwarf with the blowing needle, only to be pulled by Hydes. The red-haired Jiangu clansman held the spell in his hand and kept drawing circles in the air, forming a simple spell barrier that enveloped the two of them. "A lot of hostility, approaching, quickly retreat."

"Withdraw? What can these people do to me?" Dagon was already angered by the tragic situation of Jiangu clansman in the cage. These are obviously mercenaries. Guys just add fuel to the fire.

"Go back to Academy, after the elf guards come, they will only control you, disarm, and hand over to the mercenaries." Hades pulled Dagon hard, not hesitate to use spell. "Listen to me, you have to listen to me about this."

Dagon clenched his fists, he really wanted to take out the dwarf boys and crush these people to death, but he also knew that he couldn't do that. He didn't move his feet, and was dragged back into the school gate by Hydes. At this time, he noticed that several people who were going to lean over stopped angrily, and the hands hidden in the cloaks or sleeves also stretched out again.

The wheels of the prison wheel pressed against the shallow snow, almost silently, but creaked, crunched loudly in Dagon's heart. If not, Dagon's heart will be filled with the whimpering sounds of those Jiangu prisoners. He watched the prison van accelerate away, but the crunching sound did not diminish in the slightest, but the shouting of the crowd and the eager beating of the horse's hooves seemed to be muted.

Snowflakes fell on his face without a trace of coolness. Dagon looked at the school gate. Except for Hydes, other elves, humans, and half-elves did not help. No attempt was made to stop assassin, and no one cared about his injury, their interest was all in teasing the injured halfling.

Dagon sees a lot of dragging and pulling incantation. He didn't see people, only the icy human-shaped snow sculptures, one by one, in groups.

It made him feel cold.

(end of this chapter)