Chapter 272: Armband that resists

Fear stems from the unknown.

When things beyond one's own understanding appear before one's eyes, this invisible fear will be completely magnified.

After Tang Zheng easily ignored all the magic released by the Demon-Manifesting Humans with his own strength, Queen Na Na Sulini gave up resistance.

The Demon-Manifesting Human tribe of 1,500 people was completely controlled by Tang Zheng; although the number was not large, the overall strength of the Demon-Manifesting Human tribe far exceeded that of the Blue Maggot and Pandes races.

The total number of the three races reached 8,500, and the entire southernmost part of the Abelion Hills was under Tang Zheng's control.

A castle room was temporarily built on the hill.

Next to a wooden table made by splicing two chopped large trees, full of roughness, and covered with tiny barbs.

Tang Zheng stood at the edge of the table, carefully looking at a beast-skin map made of some unknown monster skin, with a simple and old feeling.

This was a map of the Abelion Hills, contributed by the Demon-Manifesting Humans, with the general locations of various tribes in the hilly region.

As expected of one of the top races in the hilly region, the Blue Maggot races, who hid in the depths of caves and rarely communicated with the outside world, could not produce such a map.

"If I remember correctly, after Demiurge quickly rules the hilly region in the future, he will form a 100,000-strong demi-human army to attack the Sacred Kingdom."

Tang Zheng stared at the map, his eyes flashing with contemplation, "With Demiurge's personality, these demi-humans are just a group of tools, and he won't care about the problems of manpower and emotions."

"Calculating this way, the total number of all demi-humans in the entire Abelion Hills should not exceed 150,000."

If the demi-humans in the entire hilly region were divided into two categories, one category was those who were bloodthirsty by nature and took humans as food; in game terms, they were demi-human races with "justice values" that were evil.

The other category might not necessarily have a good impression of humans, but also had a certain moral standard, such as the Blue Maggot race, Pandes race, and Demon-Manifesting Human race currently controlled by him.

Ordinary Ogres belonged to the evil-leaning race; fortunately, their intelligence was low, so it was best to use them as tools.

Tang Zheng picked up the burnt black wooden branch in his hand, and at the charred black part below, drew a mark on the tribes of several bloodthirsty demi-human races.

"Afterward, place the demi-human tribes that truly need to be cleared on these bloodthirsty demi-human races."

Tang Zheng raised the burnt black wooden branch in his hand, "Need to weaken the strength of the demi-humans in the hilly region, but cannot completely make the demi-humans in the hilly region lose their power."

"This 'degree' is indeed not easy to grasp."

The cuffs of the red robe slid down as Tang Zheng raised his hand, revealing a bronze-colored armband, which was fittingly worn on the wrist.

Black silk patterns were embedded on the bronze armband; if one observed carefully, one could notice the faint shimmering light.

This armband was the magic item carried by the Demon-Manifesting Human Queen Na Na Sulini, named "Death Guard Armband."

Although the level was not high, it possessed the ability to grant the wearer complete resistance to "instant death effect" damage once a day.

This kind of resistance could even resist the instant death effect caused by the super-tier magic "Dark Fertility Sacrifice."

Let alone the Eighth Rank magic "Death" and Ninth Rank magic "Heart Grasp" that the Bone King was most adept at using, both of which caused "instant death" damage.

Of course.

Facing the complete instant death attached to the Bone King's trump card "Death Bell," it had no effect; the only way to counter this kind of trump card was to use rebirth-type magic or hold resurrection items.

No matter what.

Before this, Tang Zheng had no means to counter "instant death" type effect skills, but now he finally had one.

This way, even if he faced the Death-Defying individual in the future, he would have a certain amount of confidence; he hadn't forgotten that the weapon the other party often held was the artifact of the God of Death, one of the Six Great Gods, "Charon's Guidance."

That weapon had an Eighth Rank "Death" built-in.

Clang—clang—

A light knock on the door rang out.

"Enter." Tang Zheng said without raising his head.

The Lizardman Crusch, still wrapped in straw, walked in respectfully from outside the door, her snow-white long tail dragging on the ground, the tip of the tail slightly curled, seeming a bit nervous.

"My lord." The Lizardman Crusch crossed her white claws on her chest and spoke respectfully to Tang Zheng in the room.

"Have you mastered 'Cloud Operation'?" Tang Zheng asked without raising his head.

"No, not yet."

The tip of the Lizardman Crusch's tail curled higher, and her voice became even more nervous.

Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze from the map and looked up at the other party: "Then what is the matter?"

The Lizardman Crusch took a deep breath: "My lord, the Ogre and Goblin squad sent to the Sacred Kingdom border for the second time have been killed, and the gold ore they carried has also been taken away by humans."

After saying this.

The Lizardman Crusch's head, wrapped in straw, lowered even more, seeming afraid that Tang Zheng would be angry; she didn't understand why the lord wanted to do this.

Yet she subconsciously felt that this kind of thing would make Tang Zheng angry.

However, unexpectedly.

A chuckling sound came, making the Lizardman Crusch pause; the human lord didn't seem to be angry.

"Then send another Ogre and Goblin squad to make a trip." Tang Zheng said.

"Yes, my lord." The Lizardman Crusch quickly responded respectfully.

"Wait a moment." A faint smile appeared on the face behind Tang Zheng's black mask, and he continued to speak with a calm gaze:

"Don't carry gold ore this time, bring a basket of herbs over; if they are still killed, change to monster fur, agate, gemstones, cave crystals, and the like."

"The hilly region doesn't lack these things that have little use for demi-humans."

"Yes, my lord." The Lizardman Crusch bowed deeply and carefully retreated from the room.

"It's only January now, no rush." Tang Zheng's gaze fell back on the map, muttering to himself:

"Experience, profession……"

Sacred Kingdom border.

Central fortress.

A room with a slightly gray tone, built of wall bricks on all four sides, with windows completely open, blowing cool wind.

Several figures were standing around a round table; they were all captains of the central fortress soldier squads. Besides these few, two men's figures were sitting at the round table,

and these two.

One was strong in muscles and bones, with thick eyebrows and unkempt beard, making the whole person full of wildness, but a pair of bean-like eyes broke the heroic feeling given by this face, adding a trace of comedy and incongruity.

Clang! Clang-clang!

!

The most conspicuous thing was that he carried eight single-edged swords on his body; simple shaking of his body would cause the collision sound of the blades.

The other man sitting.

His body was equally strong, but compared to the other one, his body was much thinner, as if the excess muscles had been removed, and his body had been tempered to be extremely agile.

Sharp black eyeballs made people tremble just by looking at them; that was a pair of very terrifying eyes, with an exquisite and expensive magic bow and arrow on his back.

The air in the room was a bit quiet.

In that room where only two people were sitting and the others were standing, it was enough to show that the status of these two men was extremely high.

And indeed it was so.

These two men were exactly two of the Nine Colors in the Sacred Kingdom; the one carrying eight swords was Orland Campano, and the one carrying a bow and arrow was Pabel Baraha.

The so-called "Nine Colors" was a title given by the Sacred King for nine colors; those given the "Nine Colors" were all talents in various fields in the Sacred Kingdom.

These two were also the two with the highest status in the entire central fortress.

At this moment.

Everyone's eyes were looking at the three pieces of gold ore the size of a human head placed on the table.

Several standing soldier captains clearly tried their best to restrain themselves from looking at the gold ore on the table, but their eyes still couldn't help but glance up.

A brief silence.

"The situation is a bit wrong." Pabel, carrying the bow and arrow, spoke first, his pitch-black eyeballs staring at the gold ore on the table, with no greed in his eyes, only doubt.

Not long ago, Pabel had heard about a squad accidentally obtaining gold ore, and at that time, he sighed that this group of guys had good luck.

Now!

The Ogres actually sent gold ore again, and this time the gold was not only larger, but the quantity was also more, a full three pieces of gold ore the size of a human head.

Looking at its density, if refined, Pabel couldn't determine how much it was worth, but he knew it was at least several hundred gold coins.

Is this situation normal?

Of course not normal!

Historically, the demi-humans attacking the fortress wall were either remnants of demi-humans who were defeated or expelled from the hilly region, with small numbers and little threat, which couldn't be counted as an attack at all.

Or it was an attack by a truly large demi-human army.

And no matter which one it was, there had never been a situation where they attacked the fortress wall with gold ore; at least in Pabel's memory, it had never happened.

No... it had already appeared twice now.

"Not normal?"

"I don't think so." Orland, wearing heavy leather armor, laughed easily:

"Don't always be so nervous, Pabel, there is nothing abnormal about things delivered to your door for free."

"Anyway, just kill these demi-humans no matter what."

Pabel looked at Orland helplessly, feeling that discussing with the other party was really not a smart decision, but he agreed with the other party's words: "The situation is indeed so."

There were only two such incidents so far, which could indeed be described as accidents; after all, the demi-human situation in the Abelion Hills was complex, and it wouldn't be surprising if anything happened.

This matter was not big, and it was indeed not a small matter; if reported upward, it would seem like making a mountain out of a molehill.

Pabel still had some doubts in his heart, but he couldn't analyze any useful clues.

The fundamental reason for holding this small meeting was that the value of these three pieces of gold ore was too high, completely different from the first situation.

If it were completely handed over to that squad handling the corpses, probably... it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among other squads.

"What is the situation now?" Pabel pondered for a moment, raised his head, and looked at the several captains standing.

"My lord, the subordinate has tried his best to block the news, but I'm afraid it has already spread." One of the captains walked down, a sheepish smile on his face, and spoke in a low voice.

"Is that so."

Pabel sighed lightly, knowing that this kind of thing couldn't blame the other party; after all, many people saw it at the time, and even if they wanted to block the news, it was too late.

"Since that's the case, let's discuss the distribution plan." Pabel became more serious and spoke to Orland.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 273 =====