[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king":3,"chapter-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-30":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Bone King: Welcoming the Birth of the King",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2349238,4592,"Chapter 30: The Three Forest Rulers Arrive at Carne Village","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>After leaving E-Rantel in the early morning, Tang Zheng followed the intelligence gathered from the Adventurer's Guild and a crude map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He headed toward the northwestern border region, which belonged to the Re-Estize Kingdom and lay closest to the Great Forest of Tob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a place there called Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a border village with a history of nearly a hundred years, its long history could not change the fact that it was poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an entirely unremarkable, even overlooked existence in the kingdom, yet in the anime, it ran through a series of plot points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This village was actually unrelated to various plot lines; it was more like a plot transit station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wawa!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the grass on a desolate small hill by the roadside, a goblin lying in the brush suddenly charged out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng cast a glance, drew the iron sword at his waist instantly, easily dodged the ambushing goblin with a sidestep, and swung his arm to slash down simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blade flashed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The goblin let out a miserable shriek, its body slashed in two on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obtained 30 experience points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng expressionlessly flicked the green blood off his iron sword and looked around, only to see four more goblins emerging from the grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What troublesome creatures.\" A thought crossed Tang Zheng's mind, and he spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magic Arrow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After consuming 5 points of mana, Tang Zheng consumed another 1 point of mana to create 4 magic arrows in one breath, firing them at the four goblins that had appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four green blood flowers bloomed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sound of them falling to the ground rang out, the information on the attribute panel surfaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obtained 27 experience points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obtained 25 experience points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obtained 30 experience points.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The experience is about the same as wild beasts. I should be able to level up by the time I reach Carne Village. Leveling up is indeed quite fast in the early stages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng walked forward and cut off all the ears of the dead goblins. After all, goblin ears could be exchanged for money at the Adventurer's Guild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was no small income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the rest of the journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng encountered a few more waves, though they were no longer just goblins; there were also attacks from some small magical beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these conditions, Tang Zheng finally arrived at dusk at a small village surrounded by wooden fences with wisps of cooking smoke rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swept his eyes across it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such defensive wooden fences had basically no blocking effect against attacks from magical beasts in the forest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fact that this Carne Village, which was very close to the Great Forest of Tob, had always existed without being destroyed by magical beasts was an interesting matter in itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having encountered attacks from magical beasts from time to time along the way, Tang Zheng naturally felt this most keenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving E-Rantel, the number of magical beasts and goblins had gradually increased, but the closer he got to Carne Village, the more the number of magical beasts actually decreased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because there were three great magical beasts in the Great Forest of Tob known as the \"Forest Rulers\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forest Ruler of the south, the great magical beast—Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forest Ruler of the east, the eastern giant—Troll, Go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forest Ruler of the west, the western magic serpent—Naga, Rurarus!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three existences could be said to jointly rule the entire Great Forest of Tob, and Carne Village was precisely on the territory of the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the reason why no magical beasts attacked Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three Forest Rulers were all around level 30, with the Wise King of the Forest, Hamsuke, being of a higher level; in human terms, they were all existences who had stepped into the realm of heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even for humans who were in the realm of heroes, it was almost impossible to be a match for any of the three Forest Rulers in a one-on-one situation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the advantage of demi-humans or heteromorphic species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng moved his gaze away from the gate of Carne Village and looked toward the not-so-distant, endless primeval forest that was already visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His vision was blocked by towering, dense branches and leaves, unable to see anything, yet Tang Zheng's eyes revealed gravity and wariness. The truly terrifying thing in the Great Forest of Tob was not the three Forest Rulers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an existence located in the deepest part of the forest!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the magical beasts that descended upon this world 200 years ago during the era of the 13 Heroes, the \"Evil Tree,\" had a level as high as 85. Even back then, it had not been completely eliminated, only sealed in the deepest part of the Great Forest of Tob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the anime plot began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Shalltear suddenly encountered the troops of the Slane Theocracy's strongest scripture, the \"Sunlight Scripture,\" and was even carrying the World-class Item [Downfall of Castle and Country].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was entirely because Shalltear was unlucky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true purpose of the \"Sunlight Scripture\" carrying the World-class Item was because the seal on the \"Evil Tree\" had begun to loosen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to undo the seal of the Evil Tree and incidentally use the World-class Item [Downfall of Castle and Country] to control it, but they ended up encountering Shalltear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the two sides inexplicably fighting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the anime, it was only briefly mentioned, but in the light novel version, there was still some description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Sunlight Scripture\" suffered heavy losses, and the human who used the World-class Item was even killed by Shalltear's desperate counterattack before being controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also the reason why Shalltear, despite being controlled, turned into a \"wild monster\"—it was entirely because the person who used [Downfall of Castle and Country] was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, at the entrance of Carne Village, two middle-aged villagers holding steel forks appeared, looking at Tang Zheng, who had appeared at the entrance of their village, with wary and guarded expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>=9+Shu_Ba\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excuse me, I am a traveler passing by the village, and I would like to stay the night here.\" Tang Zheng looked at the two and spoke softly while maintaining a gentle demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two villagers holding steel forks looked at each other; the wary and guarded expressions in their eyes did not fade at all, but they first glanced in the direction behind Tang Zheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding that it was only Tang Zheng, the expressions of the two villagers softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two villagers clearly could not make the decision; one of them spoke to Tang Zheng, then turned and ran quickly toward the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not wait long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villager who had left brought back a man who looked to be about forty or fifty years old, with dark, rough skin and gray-brown hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by his appearance, he should be the village chief of Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the village chief hurried over, he carefully sized up Tang Zheng, his gaze lingering especially on Tang Zheng's black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are here to stay the night?\" the village chief asked in a somewhat gruff voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Zheng nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then please come in.\" The village chief did not ask any more questions, but instead spoke quite readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually surprised Tang Zheng a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carne Village was rarely visited by outsiders all year round; only at the end of autumn would tax collectors and merchants buying medicinal herbs come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Village Chief?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two villagers spoke with some surprise, clearly not expecting the village chief to agree so readily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already dusk, and arriving at their village at this time clearly made the two villagers feel uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These past month or two, it is the time when the magical beasts and wild beasts in the forest are most restless.\" The village chief sighed softly and opened the fence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two villagers then realized that although their village was peaceful, the road to get there was not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that the other party could arrive here alone showed that his strength was extraordinary; the village's wooden fence could not stop him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fact that the other party did not do so meant that the black-haired youth had no ill intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having figured this out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two villagers no longer had the wariness they had at the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by the village chief, Tang Zheng followed him into Carne Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1450,"2026-06-21T02:30:15.860Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","c739341cde315797d2ca69603f0c0e181823eeca3c45d8d43642451eeb8cece9","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-31","bone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-chapter-29",357,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbone-king-welcoming-the-birth-of-the-king-cover.jpg"]