Chapter 276

"From today on, every three days, come to me to take the red potion just now to drink."

"Also, lift your arm."

Tang Zheng's eyes became serious, and he said.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu quickly raised her arm.

Swish!

A dagger appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, his wrist swung, a cold light flashed in the air, and a wound immediately appeared on the lizardman Crusch Lulu's arm.

Blood flowed from the wound.

Tang Zheng picked up an empty potion bottle next to him and collected the blood flowing from the other party until all the potion bottles of the dragon blood that the lizardman Crusch Lulu had just drunk were filled before stopping.

"Hard work, go down and rest first." Tang Zheng's voice became much gentler.

The lizardman Crusch Lulu's body became a bit soft due to the loss of a lot of blood, and her eyes were filled with a sense of weakness, but her thoughts became clear and excited instead.

"If the lord needs it, I can provide blood to the lord at any time." The lizardman Crusch Lulu was not afraid, but breathed a sigh of relief instead.

She was still useful!

As long as she was still alive, she could ensure that the lizardman tribe would not have any trouble.

Watching the lizardman Crusch Lulu leave.

Tang Zheng's gaze fell on the potion bottle filled with blood: "Whether it's because of the profession or the bloodline, the effect of 'dragon blood' is clearly better on Crusch."

"I have always used a single blood for research before, and I really haven't thought about the way of using multiple blood ratios."

Mid-January.

February 1st.

A medium-sized sea ship stopped in the sea southeast of the Holy Kingdom, with a gray sky and thin rain.

The sea breeze was not strong.

After all, it was just a sea area close to the inland, but the sea still had layers of waves, making the entire sea ship shake and sway on the sea.

A middle-aged man with blonde hair, dressed ordinarily, with wrinkles around his eyes, stood on the deck, holding the ship's railing tightly with both hands, looking toward the blurred shore.

Even though his whole body's clothes were soaked by the rain, this blonde middle-aged man still had no intention of returning to the cabin to avoid the rain, but was full of worry and tension.

The Holy Kingdom is a peninsula-type country surrounded by the sea on three sides.

In the middle, there is a sea area about 40 kilometers wide and about 200 kilometers long. The entire country can be understood as a ""-shaped shape, and it is precisely because of the existence of this sea area that the country is divided into the Southern and Northern Holy Kingdoms.

The fortress wall is built on the right side of the "" shape, completely separating the Holy Kingdom from the Abelion Hills.

If you want to enter the hilly region from within the Holy Kingdom, there is only one regular way, which is to walk through the fortress wall, and the other way is to walk through the border sea area.

Entering February.

Most of the country will often rain, because it is a peninsula-type country surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the rainfall is relatively abundant.

This time is not suitable for going to sea.

"I hope nothing happens."

The blonde middle-aged man tightened his hand holding the railing again: "Baron... sigh, I hope this is not a wrong decision."

About half a month ago.

Ogres actually appeared in the hilly region to go to the fortress wall to trade with humans.

This was simply as unbelievable as the hateful demi-humans in the hilly region suddenly surrendering to their humans.

This matter was suppressed by the big figures of the fortress wall, but it still spread out. The Baron also heard this rumor at a banquet, which gave rise to his thoughts.

"May the Four Great Gods bless, I hope everything goes smoothly."

"This matter must not be known to other great nobles, or even the Holy Queen." The blonde middle-aged man said with a bitter face, praying constantly in his heart.

If this matter spreads, their Baron will definitely be sent to the gallows.

At this moment, on the coast in the distance.

A few human civilians dressed in ordinary clothes were looking in terror and trembling at the twenty sturdy and strong ogres that appeared before their eyes.

"Demi-humans, it's the demi-human ogres!"

A civilian man's legs were trembling, and even a smell of urine came from his lower body, his voice trembling as he spoke.

"Shut up!" This man suddenly spoke, scaring the other civilian men into trembling all over; the leader, a man who looked relatively strong, glared at the other party fiercely, fearing that he would accidentally anger this group of ogres.

These few of them, facing these ogres, let alone running away, probably weren't enough to fill their teeth.

"Food, we want food." An ogre stared with scarlet eyes, looking at the humans in front of him with empty hands, and roared impatiently.

The rest of the ogres looked over one by one, some licking their mouths, some even drooling.

Facing this group of gazes that seemed to eat people.

Several human civilians' legs had already gone soft; some wanted to run away, but found that their bodies couldn't take a step because of excessive fear.

"Weak humans."

"So hungry, I want to eat meat."

"…………"

Seeing this group of people who were scared pale, several ogres let out mocking and playful laughter.

"The things are on the ship!"

Hearing the mockery from the opposite side, the leading civilian human suddenly felt a sense of courage in his heart, his voice trembled involuntarily, but he still said loudly:

"We need to send the things to the ship first before we can give you the food."

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

The ogres, whose head skin had a large number of warts, turned their heads and looked at each other, unable to decide for a while.

"Give them the things." The leading ogre raised his thick arm that was almost touching the ground and waved it.

Large pieces of gold ore were carried over by the ogres behind and thrown in front of these humans.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Every piece of gold ore landing made a loud noise, shaking not only the ground but also the hearts of all the civilians.

"Gold?"

"Is this gold?"

The crowd, who had just been terrified, saw the golden light reflecting even in the gray weather, and their breathing became rapid.

This human clearly didn't know what they were trading.

Soon.

The crowd, who had calmed down, laboriously carried these gold ores to the ship on the shore, drove small boats and left the shore quickly, disappearing into the rain and fog.

Only a group of ogres remained waiting on the shore.

"They left."

"Will they not come back?"

"Don't know."

"So hungry, want to eat meat."

"…………"

The chattering discussion sounded; although the ogres' intelligence was low, it didn't mean they were stupid.

Time passed bit by bit.

Soon, the humans who had left earlier returned in more small boats, with the cabins piled full of various grains and meat.

After dozens of trips back and forth, all the food was thrown to the shore. One of the humans shouted "The transaction is over" to the group of ogres before driving the last fishing boat away in a panic.

"Take the food away." The leading ogre said in a muffled voice.

On the other side, all the humans returned to the sea ship and finally breathed a sigh of relief; having such close contact with man-eating ogres made everyone terrified, fearing that they would be eaten by the other party.

"Bargo, come here."

The blonde middle-aged man looked at the crowd lying limp on the deck, and the worried look from not long ago had disappeared, and he restored his high-and-mighty posture.

"My lord." The civilian man who had mustered the courage to communicate with the ogres quickly climbed up from the ground.

This is a big figure, the steward of their territory's Baron.

"Tell me about the whole process of the transaction." The blonde steward said indifferently.

The civilian man told the whole process of the transaction without reservation, and specifically mentioned his brave performance, his eyes full of expectation.

He didn't expect that the noble lord would dare to trade with demi-humans, thinking of those orange-yellow gold ores.

The civilian man subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

The value of those gold ores far exceeded the value of the wheat and other agricultural products and part of the meat given to that group of ogres.

The Holy Kingdom has abundant rainfall and flat terrain.

Various agricultural products and grains are very sufficient, otherwise, they would not implement a universal conscription system completely different from the Empire and the Kingdom, and would not have painstakingly built fortress walls.

In terms of national strength alone, the strength of the Holy Kingdom is much stronger than that of the Re-Estize Kingdom.

"A group of ogres actually really followed the rules."

"Didn't they even check?"

After the blonde steward finished listening, regret and greed flashed in his pupils: "The food prepared this time was all new."

"If I had known, I would have mixed those old grains and rotten meat into it; anyway, those ogres wouldn't check. For this group of demi-humans who eat everything, eating rotten food shouldn't be a problem."

The blonde steward said softly to himself while waving his arm.

Before the civilians on the deck could react, dozens of soldiers holding weapons rushed out from the cabin behind.

"Kill them all and throw them into the sea to feed the fish." The blonde steward waved his hand in disgust.

In an instant!

Screams and the sound of falling into the water sounded on the deck of the sea ship.

…………

Creak creak~

The Evil Spirit Dog pulled the carriage along the muddy road, the wheels rolled over the ground soaked by rain, and with the rapid rotation of the wheels.

The muddy water turned into denser black raindrops, splashing toward the low shrubs on both sides of the road and the road behind.

On the carriage.

Enri pulled open the cloth curtain and looked at the towering, boundless fortress wall that had gradually appeared in her field of vision in the distance.

"Is this the Holy Kingdom? So amazing." Enri covered her mouth and let out an exclamation.

In Enri's impression, "E-Rantel" was already majestic enough in the city, but compared to the boundless fortress wall in front of her, it was nothing.

"Oh, we're here." A gentle voice came from behind, and Tang Zheng pulled open the partition at the back and entered the front carriage.

"My lord."

"My lord."

Enri's surprised voice and the Witch of the Miss Cuiye's respectful voice rang out.

Tang Zheng looked at the curtain Enri lifted and looked at the fortress wall gradually emerging in the rain and fog: "A fortress? Just this level."

He shook his head.

"If you don't include the fortress wall in the national territory, it's not a truly solid fortress." Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze and said indifferently.

"My lord, have you finished your alchemy research?" Enri was full of joy when she saw Tang Zheng, who usually studied and rarely appeared.

"Alchemy can never be finished."

Tang Zheng smiled and reached out to rub Enri's chestnut-gold hair, "Some things are endless, but you can rest recently."

"That's great."

Enri felt the warm palm, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face, "The master has always been so hardworking, it must be very hard."

"Working hard now is better than later."

Tang Zheng stretched out his index finger, tapped Enri's forehead lightly, and then looked at the Witch of the Miss Cuiye beside him: "Have you adapted?"

"I have completely mastered it, master."

The Witch of the Miss Cuiye immediately spoke respectfully; she understood that Tang Zheng was asking about the powerful strength when transforming into the "Forest Sage King."

The aura was indeed much more stable.

Tang Zheng glanced at the Witch of the Miss Cuiye and nodded imperceptibly.

"Awoo!"

Outside the carriage, the Evil Spirit Dog let out a low roar, the sound full of intimacy and reminder, and then the speed of the carriage gradually began to slow down.

"Finally here…… Holy Kingdom." Tang Zheng looked at the wall that had become clear outside the carriage and thought to himself.

(End of chapter)