84: Chapter 1 Moving forward, the target is Bog Village Prison_1 84: Chapter 1 Moving forward, the target is Bog Village Prison_1 Avril escaped facing the unknown fate of her family and plunged herself into deep self-guilt.
The helplessness and confusion displayed in her life journey all of a sudden made this little girl who had never experienced setbacks feel lost, with no clue what to do.
In addition to continuously cursing Liu Zhenhan, she couldn’t find any outlet to vent her own feelings.
All this is because of that ugly Beamon that has led to her downfall–caught between being human and fish.
The worst part was that cursed Piegel, because of the “Reflection Barrier”, Avril felt disgusted, as if she had swallowed a long worm from the sea floor.
So, she cursed more intensely.
Liu Zhenhan tiredly listened to the princess chatter endlessly on the barren wasteland.
He sowhat regretted that Ning Yu had made that Dust Avoidance Pearl into a bag and tied it to her.
It would be great if she lost her ability to speak!
What even more depressing was that she used the sa set of words to curse him over and over again, there was no novelty at all.
The boundary of the Donau Wasteland far exceeded Liu Zhenhan’s imagination.
Half-human tall herbs blocked most of his vision.
He walked for a whole day without coming across a single Beamon village.
Helen said that the Beamon population was too low.
Among all races, except the Piegel race, everyone else had troubles with their breeding ability.
The discipline of the three hundred crew mbers was beyond Liu Zhenhan’s expectations.
They did not complain and obediently followed the Panta warriors who marked the path ahead, orderly marching forward.
Avril, having just learned to walk, got blisters on her feet after walking only a few miles.
While being berated by her, Liu Zhenhan carried her.
This made Helen purse her lips into a shape of a crescent moon.
“Oh…” Helen exhaled tenderly, sitting on a pile of grass.
It seed she also sprained her foot.
Guoguo imdiately hopped off Liu Zhenhan’s head.
“What are you doing?” Avril glared with wide eyes, hugging Liu Zhenhan’s neck, and defensive towards the little fox.
“Richard…” Helen twisted her waist, her face full of pain.
“Co, I’ll carry you!” Liu Zhenhan loosened the rmaid Princess off his back, reaching out his hand towards Helen.
Helen ran over like the wind, jumping into Liu Zhenhan’s arms, her face filled with joy.
Ning Yu shook her head by the side, giving a sigh.
“How much further is your hotown Witherspoon City?” Liu Zhenhan wished the journey was longer.
“Just follow Tarlarya and we will get there, the snow-capped mountains are our landmark.” The little fox hugged Liu Zhenhan’s neck, swinging her small feet like she was on a swing, her red tail was waving happily.
“Won’t our sudden appearance cause so misunderstanding?” Liu Zhenhan casually asked.
“We will first go to Bok Village outside Witherspoon City, which is my uncle’s mining village.
There is a small mine there and he is the overlord of the place.
We will settle down there first, then apply to the temple in Witherspoon City, to secure the eligibility for the Altar Sacrificial Ceremony and obtain the enfeoff land.” Helen’s eyes dimd, “I only have my uncle as a family now.”
Liu Zhenhan fell silent as well.
Avril, unaware of the inside story, casually asked, “Where is your family?”
Helen’s eyes turned red, on the verge of crying, “Last ti those damned Desert People snuck into our northeastern province through the Dorott Duchy in disguise of trade ships they signed with the Sea Clan.
They were all ard bandits, they massacred all the n and kidnapped all the young girls.”
Avril also fell silent, she could deeply resonate with the feeling of being kidnapped.
“It’s all because of your Sea Clan’s stupid rules!” Liu Zhenhan also felt irritated, “What’s the point of the Sea Ban, in the end, it only hard the Beamon Kingdom.
The Orc here thought that the Sea Clan would defend the coastline, so they didn’t defend their areas.
In the end, you Sea Clan signed an agreent with the humans, allowing trade ships to pass through, so they could take advantage of the loophole!”
“What does this have to do with the Sea Clan?” Avril defended back, “The Sea Clan is not the doorman of Beamon, we are not allowed to let human armies to appear in our sky.
It is not our fault right?
If you are to bla soone, bla the Beamon’s own incompetence!”
“Our Beamon’s regular army is all stationed on the borders, they are having a hard ti just defending against humans alone.
How can they have enough forces to defend against the shaless human traders?” Helen fought back with no weakness.
“You guys are simply unskilled!”
“Is your Sea Clan powerful?”
“Do you even have to ask.”
“If the Sea Clan is so powerful, why were you captured by Richard?”
…………..
The argunt seed to be escalating.
“Stop arguing.” Ning Yu spoke.
The authority emanating from her calm words made the two young girls imdiately close their mouths.
For so unknown reason, whenever Ning Yu spoke everyone, even Richard included, fell silent.
“Helen, let’s say, if you were a hereditary baron, what would be the basic military structure in your territory?” Richard also felt a little confused.
He had his doubts too.
How could a village within a territory be so easily captured by human slavers?
They had cleaned out everything and abducted all the won.
Wasn’t it strange?
It isn’t easy to infiltrate enemy territory alone for sabotage.
Richard had done this before and had just done it again recently.
It wasn’t easy at all.
If it wasn’t for his “barrier” being able to create Avril’s image, he might not have succeeded.
“We of the Fox Tribe do not have bodies as robust as the other inhabitants of Beamon, we are the embodint of wisdom, so we can’t, like other nobles, enter battle with the ancestral swords passed down to us.
We rely heavily on our vassal clans, the Panta Warriors of the Pigiel race and the Elephant Clan’s warriors of the Orephin race.
The battle power of the Elephant Warriors needs no explanation.
Even an underage Elephant Warrior on the battlefield is a nightmare for our enemies.
Unfortunately, the Elephant Clan’s population is even scarcer than us of the Fox Tribe.
Moreover, the Elephant Warriors are very picky eaters.
Their favourite, bananas, can’t grow in the wetlands of the Donau Wasteland, so it has to be purchased from trades with the Elves of the Southern Cross Star Forest.
Only the most distinguished families of the Fox Tribe can afford to train powerful Orephin warriors.” The disappointnt was evident in Helen’s eyes.
“How many Orephin warriors does your family have?” Richard asked while calculating the potential inheritance he could take over.
“The rise and fall of the Fox Tribe largely rely on the output of the Altar Sacrificial Ceremony.
Unfortunately, within the past decade, only I have gained the wisdom of the War God, becoming a Wind Whisperer.
Thus, my family is incapable of supporting the maintenance of strong Orephin warriors.
Also, it will take a few more years before the royal decree from the King and the Elder Council my territory officially.
So during this mishap, my family could only rely on the Pigiel warriors from our vassal clan.
The majority of the stronger ones have already been drafted into the regular army.
The remaining are the old, weak, and disabled.
That’s why we couldn’t resist these outstanding human robbers this ti.” Helen responded helplessly.
“Actually, the key issue is that no one expected that these bandits would take such a huge risk to co from the sea.
Your territory is too far from the borders, the armies cannot send reinforcents in ti.
I’m afraid this is the main problem.” Ning Yu also sighed.
“It was horrible!
The ground was soaked with blood, and the light of swords flashed everywhere, accompanied by the screams of our tribe.
After these human bandits finished this, they even casually took the magnificent pelts from the bodies of our tribe.” Helen, pain-stricken, buried her face in Richard’s chest.
Her whole body was trembling.
“This is not over!” Richard stopped in his tracks.
Frost covered his face and his eyes were twitching.
“We’ll get our revenge, one day, right Richard?” Helen looked up at him tearfully.
“I’m not saying anything now, wait till later.” Richard snorted and took heavy breaths, causing his fringe to flutter.
“How did your uncle escape?” Ning Yu asked.
“He is the warden of Bok Prison and usually doesn’t work in the village.” Helen’s face showed a hint of relief, “My uncle is also a Wind Whisperer, albeit of the lowest rank, but he’s always been my pride.”
“Does Beamon also have a prison?” Avril asked curiously.
In her imagination, the Beamon might be unenlightened wild people, where killing soone randomly isn’t seen as an issue.
“We have a complete legal system, unlike you Sea Clan people!” Helen glanced at her.
“You…” Avril bit her lips and seeing Ning Yu glaring at her, she swallowed her words:
“What if I can’t get the title of Altar Sacrificial Ceremony?” Richard suddenly said.
Now that he had a family to look after, he would have to feed and clothe them all by himself.
He had no money on him and was starting to feel scared.
“There are no what-ifs!” Said Ning Yu: “We only have enough food for the next three days.
If you don’t get the title of Altar Sacrificial Ceremony, you only have one choice – doesn’t Beamon Kingdom have a Gladiator Arena?
You can beco a gladiator, compete and earn money to support us, or you can starve us to death.”
“Nonsense!” Richard replied.
“There is another way.” Helen bit her lips.
“What is it?” Richard asked.
“Sell Princess Avril as a slave.
A beautiful rmaid Princess will fetch a good amount of money.” The sly fox girl gave a cunning smile.
“Good idea.” Richard nodded in agreent.
Avril nearly fainted again.
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