Chapter 2454: Uno's Slight Mental Breakdown

A cool breeze blew into the tent, dispersing the stinging smell.

Although Layton Red Beard was captured alive, he did not submit. He admitted he was a relative of the King of Peru, but his attitude was: kill me if you want, but don't expect to get any information from me.

In reality, Su Xiao didn't intend to get any information from Layton Red Beard. His goal was development, with the small temporary goal of capturing 'Segona City.' As for whether to launch a counterattack against the Kingdom of Peru, that remained to be seen.

"Bai Ye, we have captured Layton Red Beard. We can send an envoy to see the King of Peru and have him pay a ransom for his cousin."

"Will the King of Peru agree?"

"Of course he will. Shayan's Grand Commander Nieposuo was captured alive once, and Uno spent a huge price to redeem Nieposuo."

Hearing Caesar's words, Su Xiao nodded calmly. There was no doubt that Layton Red Beard was valuable. If he exchanged the other for gold coins, Su Xiao felt it would be a loss.

"Caesar, how many Soul Crystals do you estimate the King of Peru is willing to pay to redeem his cousin?"

"At least 30, and they must all be complete."

Caesar's eyes were burning with desire. Whenever Soul Crystals were mentioned, this guy's eyes shone even brighter.

"Hmm, then let's ask for 40 complete Soul Crystals. However... who will negotiate?"

Su Xiao glanced at Caesar and then at Deputy Commander Aus. Sensing Su Xiao's gaze, Aus fell to his knees with a thud, right beside Layton Red Beard.

"My lord, spare me."

Of course, Aus knew Su Xiao wanted to get rid of him. As a Deputy Commander of Shayan, if he went to the Kingdom of Peru, could he still return? If things went wrong, the King of Peru might just tie him up and use him to exchange for his cousin, Layton Red Beard.

Layton Red Beard, kneeling side-by-side with Aus, was confused. He found it increasingly difficult to figure out the relationships between these people in the tent.

"Aus, did I say I wanted you to go?"

"No... no."

"Then what are you getting so excited about?"

Baha spoke up, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang beside him chimed in with a bark, meaning: "Exactly, what are you getting so excited about?"

On the cool summer night, Aus wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He knew that his immediate superior was capable of anything.

"The candidate must be considered carefully. The King of Peru has a bad temper. Hey! Why are you looking at me? I'm not going!"

Caesar took half a step back. At this moment, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Baha were all looking at him with smiles on their faces.

"Caesar, after it's done, I only want 40 Soul Crystals. How much you can extort from the King of Peru depends entirely on your own ability."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Caesar's expression became conflicted, and he began to calculate in his heart. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said:

"It's a deal. You only take 40, and all the excess belongs to me."

"Correct."

Being able to obtain 40 complete Soul Crystals was already a windfall for Su Xiao. According to the prices on the Trading Street, 40 complete Soul Crystals were worth 800 Soul Coins.

"Good, I'll be back tomorrow morning."

Caesar muttered some addition and subtraction as he walked out of the tent.

Su Xiao had never underestimated Caesar. This guy had quite a deep foundation, and he always dove into danger wherever it was. More importantly, this guy had never even been injured.

Just out of the tent, Caesar took out a crumpled piece of parchment. He kissed it with great heartache before crushing it.

With a pop, Caesar disappeared, and a gray stone dropped to the ground—this was the coordinate he had left behind.

Inside the tent, Layton Red Beard stared, glaring at Su Xiao.

"Hmph, a sacrifice of Shayan."

Layton Red Beard snorted coldly and then lifted his chin.

"Someone like you will eventually be harmed by that fierce dog and the fake king in the Sand Capital. If you had been born in Peru, you would at least be commanding 300,000 elite troops."

Although Layton Red Beard had a defiant attitude, he wasn't someone who couldn't accept defeat.

"Oh?"

Su Xiao looked at Layton Red Beard with interest. This dwarf still had some backbone.

"Those subordinates of yours are defeated troops, aren't they? And they were temporarily pieced together from at least ten different groups of defeated troops. It's your Holy Soul that makes them so brave."

Layton Red Beard sneered and continued: "If it were in our Peru, someone with such a Holy Soul ability, as long as they were willing to follow our King, Spring Steel Sheep, would definitely be given important responsibilities. A fake king is a fake king; even if he sits on the throne, he only knows how to play with women. Someone like you is actually being squeezed out? Absurd."

"Fake king?"

Su Xiao had heard this term more than once from Layton Red Beard. This should be referring to the Sand Emperor.

"You don't know?"

A flash of surprise crossed Layton Red Beard's eyes, and he shook his head.

"That fierce dog in the Sand Capital, and that female scorpion, both know about this. As a fellow Grand Commander, Nieposuo also knows. How could you possibly not know? Don't play dumb. This matter is known to everyone in the high levels of both countries."

"Tell me about it."

"You really don't know?"

Layton Red Beard looked at Su Xiao suspiciously. After pondering for a moment, he said with a hint of mockery:

"The Sand Emperor with the Penier surname was killed off long ago. The current Sand Emperor is a fake king. His father and the fierce dog Uno were both traitors who killed the king. Otherwise, how would Uno, a Grand Priest, be qualified to control all the military power of Shayan?"

Speaking of this, Layton Red Beard changed the subject and continued: "Kukulin Bai Ye, your Brave Skull tribe isn't clean either. Back then, when the fierce dog and that brat's father went to kill the king, your family was at the very front. And now? Aren't you still being exterminated?"

Layton Red Beard sneered. Judging by his tone, he clearly had some respect for the Penier-surnamed line of Sand Emperors. Although Peru had been beaten very badly at that time, with the character of Peruvian dwarves, they wouldn't hate an opponent stronger than themselves; instead, they would acknowledge and respect them.

Back then, when the two countries went to war, they wouldn't sell captives as slaves. Everything had changed within these few decades.

Su Xiao indeed didn't know these things, but in the world introduction, he had seen a piece of information: there was a large blank space in the history of this world, which should have been caused by the 'King-Killing.'

There must be many hidden secrets in this history of King-Killing, which also meant there was profit to be made from it. However, it was too early to consider these things now.

Ordering people to take Layton Red Beard away and keep him under strict guard, Su Xiao began to consider the current situation.

The first battle was won, but he only had 12,650 soldiers left. He needed to replenish them as soon as possible. He also needed to contact the Sand Capital. Having won a battle, and against the broken-horn unit at that, the Sand Capital had to show some response.

Su Xiao stood up and walked to a large birdcage, inside which were three ravens with pitch-black feathers. This was a type of extraordinary bird called a Night Raven.

Opening the cage, one of the Night Ravens flew onto Su Xiao's arm. He tossed a sand pouch the length of a pinky finger to the Night Raven, which caught it and swallowed it into its belly.

Before long, the Night Raven flew out of the tent and disappeared into the night. This type of extraordinary creature had extremely strong concealment at night, and its flight speed was fast enough. It would arrive at the Sand Capital by tomorrow morning at the latest.

The next morning, in the Rosai Palace, a cool breeze blew, and the thin gauze curtains were blown about. The Sand Emperor and the Queen were sleeping soundly on the bed.

"Caw, caw."

The Night Raven flew into the bedroom. A hand grabbed the Night Raven, and the Night Raven's pitch-black eyes looked at Chisha, its head feathers standing up.

"Is it a battle report from the front line?"

The Sand Emperor sat up from the bed. After yawning, he still looked somewhat listless. He had been very tired last night, and his legs were a bit weak.

"Your Highness."

A soft, boneless hand embraced the Sand Emperor from behind. The Sand Emperor coughed lightly, his voice revealing a hint of physical weakness.

Chisha sent the Night Raven to the Sand Emperor. Seeing the Sand Emperor, the Night Raven spat out a sand pouch. The sand pouch dispersed, forming a passage of text and the appearance of a Peruvian dwarf.

'Have annihilated more than half of the broken-horn unit and captured Layton Red Beard alive. A small victory.'

Seeing this battle report and the sand-constructed dwarf phantom, the Sand Emperor was somewhat stunned.

"Kukulin... annihilated more than half of the broken-horn unit?!"

"Your Majesty, Grand Commander Kukulin has achieved such a feat. Shouldn't you transfer more soldiers to him? Perhaps he really can capture Segona City?"

Just as the Queen finished speaking, the bedroom suddenly went quiet. The Sand Emperor looked sideways at the Queen. That gaze—let alone the weak Queen, even Chisha dared not meet it.

"Camilla, are you teaching me how to make decisions?"

The Sand Emperor looked at the Queen expressionlessly.

"I... I dare not."

Queen Camilla knelt on the bed, lowered her head, and her body trembled slightly.

"Scared, aren't you? How was my expression just now? Did I have any majesty?"

The Sand Emperor's expression changed, and he smiled as he grabbed the Queen's hand, as if everything just now had been the innocent playfulness of a youth.

"Your Majesty, you... you scared me."

The Queen was tearful and looked very aggrieved. Seeing this, the Sand Emperor comforted her for a long while before the Queen sniffled and broke into a smile. She knew that the person she was accompanying was actually a young lion; one moment he was doting on her, and the next he might tear out her throat and eat her weak, wind-blown body.

"Chisha, go find Carola and transfer a batch of 'supplies,' and send them to the front line at the fastest speed."

The Sand Emperor emphasized the word 'supplies' heavily.

"Yes."

Chisha retreated. In the bedroom, the Sand Emperor sat cross-legged on the bed, tossing a small ball in his hand. Regarding transferring soldiers to Su Xiao, he didn't mention a single word.

Not long after, Grand Priest Uno also learned of this news.

In the luxurious dining room, Uno, wearing pajamas, put down his fork. The lamb meat he was chewing in his mouth suddenly didn't taste good anymore.

"This works too?"

Uno took a deep breath. After calming his emotions, he picked up the camel milk on the dining table, thinking in his heart: 'Luck, it's very likely just luck.'

While Uno was comforting himself in his heart, thoughts raced through his mind.

Just at this moment, an attendant ran over, knelt on one knee, and said urgently: "Report, my lord, His Majesty has ordered Lord Carola to reinforce the front line with 30,000 war beasts."

"Cough... cough~"

Uno wiped the camel milk that had sprayed from his nose. After calming his emotions again, he asked:

"For whom? Nieposuo has petitioned His Majesty many times. These war beasts..."

Uno didn't continue.

"These war beasts are for, are for..."

The attendant who came to report stammered for a long time without saying anything clear.

"Speak!"

Uno glared at the attendant kneeling on one knee.

"They are for... Grand Commander Kukulin Bai Ye."

Hearing this, Uno slapped the dining table. He began to feel that things were not looking good. If he could win against the broken-horn unit with 20,000 defeated troops, wouldn't he take off after getting 30,000 war beasts? ===== CHAPTER 2455 =====