"From today onwards, come here every three days to take the Red Potion you just drank."
"Also, raise your arm."
Tang Zheng's expression turned serious as he spoke.
Lizardman Kurushe quickly raised her arm.
Whoosh! A Dagger appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, and with a flick of his wrist, a flash of cold light streaked through the air. A wound immediately appeared on Lizardman Kurushe's arm.
Fresh blood flowed from the wound.
Tang Zheng picked up an empty potion bottle from the side and collected the blood flowing from her wound, stopping only when all the Dragon Blood potion bottles that Lizardman Kurushe had drunk were filled.
"Thank you for your trouble, go and rest for now." Tang Zheng's voice became much gentler.
Lizardman Kurushe's body had become somewhat weak due to the loss of blood, and her eyes revealed a hint of frailty, but her thoughts had become clearer and more invigorated.
"If you need it, Master, I can provide you with blood at any time." Lizardman Kurushe was not afraid, but rather relieved.
She was still useful!
As long as she was still alive, she could ensure that nothing would happen to the Lizardmen race.
Watching Lizardman Kurushe leave.
Tang Zheng's gaze fell on the potion bottles filled with blood: "Whether it's because of her class or her bloodline, the effect of Dragon Blood is clearly better for Kurushe."
"I've always been researching with single blood types, but I never thought about using a combination of multiple blood types."
Mid-Water Moon.
Second day of the Second Month.
A medium-sized sea vessel stopped in the sea to the southeast of the Holy Kingdom. The sky was gray and drizzling.
The sea breeze was light.
After all, it was just a sea area close to the mainland, but the sea surface still had layers of waves, causing the entire sea vessel to shake and sway on the sea.
A middle-aged man with ordinary clothes, wrinkles around his eyes, and golden hair, stood on the deck, holding the ship's railing tightly with both hands, looking towards the blurred shore.
Even though his clothes were soaked by the rain, the golden-haired middle-aged man still had no intention of returning to the cabin to avoid the rain, but instead looked worried and nervous.
The Holy Kingdom is a peninsula-shaped country surrounded by the sea on three sides.
In the middle, there is a sea area about 40 kilometers wide and 200 kilometers long. The entire country can be understood as being in the shape of a "kanji character," and it is precisely because of the existence of this sea area that the country is divided into the North and South Holy Kingdoms.
The Fortress was built on the right side of the "kanji character" shape, completely separating the Holy Kingdom from the Abelion Hills.
If one wants to enter the Hills from within the Holy Kingdom, there is only one legitimate route, which is to go through the Fortress, and the other route is to go through the border sea area.
Entering February.
Most countries will often experience rain, and because it is a peninsula-shaped country surrounded by the sea on three sides, rainfall is relatively abundant.
This time is not suitable for going out to sea.
"I hope nothing goes wrong."
The blond middle-aged man gripped the ship's railing, his palm tightening again, "Baron... alas, I hope this isn't a wrong decision."
About half a month ago.
Ogres actually appeared in the Hills, heading to the Fortress, wanting to trade with humans.
This was as unbelievable as the detestable demi-humans in the Hills suddenly submitting to humans.
This matter was suppressed by the bigwigs of the Fortress on the city walls, but it still spread out. The Baron heard this rumor at a banquet, which sparked his interest.
"May the Four Great Gods bless us, I hope everything goes smoothly."
"This matter must not be known to other nobles, or even Her Holy Queen." The blond middle-aged man wore a bitter face, constantly praying in his heart.
If this matter were to spread, their Baron would definitely be sent to the gallows.
At this moment, on the distant coast.
Several humans dressed as commoners were looking in terrified trepidation at the twenty burly, strong ogres that had appeared before them.
"Demi-humans, they are demi-human ogres!"
A commoner man's legs trembled, and a smell of urine even came from his lower body, as he spoke with a trembling voice.
"Shut up!" The man suddenly spoke, scaring the other commoner men into a shiver. The leader, who looked relatively strong, glared fiercely at the speaker, fearing that he might accidentally anger the ogres before them.
With just a few of them, facing these ogres, they wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth, let alone escape.
"Food, we want food." An ogre stared with scarlet eyes, looking at the empty-handed humans before him, and roared impatiently.
The other ogres all looked over, some licking their lips, and some even drooling.
Faced with this group of man-eating gazes.
The legs of several human commoners had already gone weak, and some wanted to escape, but found that their bodies were unable to move due to excessive Fear.
"Weak humans."
"So hungry, I want to eat meat."
"......"
Seeing this group of pale-faced humans, several ogres let out mocking, playful laughter.
"The things are on the ship!"
Hearing the mockery from the other side, the leading human commoner suddenly felt a surge 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, with a large number of fleshy warts growing on their head skin, turned their heads and looked at each other, unable to decide for a moment.
"Give them the things." The leading ogre raised his thick arm, which almost touched the ground, and waved it.
Large pieces of Gold Ore were carried over by the ogres behind and thrown in front of the humans.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Each piece of Gold Ore made a loud noise when it landed, shaking not only the ground but also the hearts of all the commoners.
"Gold?"
"Is this gold?"
The crowd, who had been terrified just moments ago, saw the gold ore reflecting a golden light even in the gloomy weather, and their breathing became rapid.
This human clearly didn't know what they were trading.
Soon.
Calming down, the group laboriously carried the gold ore onto the boats by the shore, and quickly sailed away from the shore in their small boats, disappearing into the rain and mist.
Leaving only the ogres waiting on the shore.
"They're gone."
"What if they don't come back?"
"Don't know."
"So hungry, want to eat meat."
"......"
A chattering discussion arose. Although ogres have low intelligence, it doesn't mean they're stupid.
Time passed bit by bit.
Soon, the humans who had left earlier returned with more small boats, their cabins filled with various grains and meats.
It took dozens of trips back and forth to unload all the food onto the shore. One of the humans shouted to the group of ogres, "The trade is complete!" before fleeing in the last fishing boat.
"Take the food away," the leading ogre rumbled.
On the other side, all the humans returned to the ship and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Being so close to man-eating ogres had made everyone tremble with fear, afraid of being eaten.
"Bargo, come here."
The middle-aged blond man looked at the commoners slumped on the deck. The worried expression he had a moment ago had disappeared, and he had regained his superior demeanor.
"Sir," the common man who had mustered the courage to communicate with the ogres quickly scrambled up from the ground.
This was a big shot, the steward of their territory's Baron.
"Tell me about the entire trading process," the blond steward said blandly.
The common man recounted the entire trading process without reservation, even mentioning his brave performance, his eyes full of anticipation.
He didn't expect the noble to dare to trade with demi-humans, thinking of the orange-yellow gold ore.
The common man swallowed involuntarily.
The value of those gold ores far exceeded the value of the wheat and other crops, and some meat, given to the ogres.
The Holy Kingdom has abundant rainfall and flat terrain.
Various crops and grains are plentiful, otherwise they would not implement a national conscription system completely different from the Empire and the Kingdom, and painstakingly build city wall fortresses.
In terms of national strength alone, the Holy Kingdom is much stronger than the Re-Estize Kingdom.
"A group of ogres actually abide by the rules."
"Didn't they even bother to check?"
After hearing this, the golden-haired butler's pupils flickered with regret and greed, "This time, we prepared all new grains and meat."
"If I had known, I would have mixed in the old grains and rotten meat. Anyway, those ogres wouldn't check. For this group of demi-humans who eat everything, eating rotten stuff shouldn't be a problem."
The golden-haired butler muttered to himself as he raised his arm and waved.
Before the commoners on the deck could react, dozens of soldiers wielding weapons swarmed out of the rear cabin.
"Kill them all and throw them into the sea to feed the fish." The golden-haired butler waved his hand dismissively.
In an instant! Screams and splashes echoed on the deck of the ship.
...
Creak, creak...
The Evil Spirit Dog pulled the carriage along the muddy road, the wheels grinding over the rain-soaked ground, spinning rapidly.
Muddy water turned into denser black raindrops, splashing onto the low bushes on both sides of the road and the road behind.
Inside the carriage.
Anri pulled back the curtain and looked at the towering, endless, and majestic fortress walls that were gradually appearing in the distance.
"Is that the Holy Kingdom? Amazing." Anri covered her mouth and exclaimed.
In Anri's memory, the city of E-Rantel was already magnificent enough, but compared to the endless fortress walls before her, it was nothing.
"Oh, have we arrived?" A gentle voice sounded from behind. Tang Zheng opened the partition and entered the front carriage.
"Lord."
"Lord."
Anri's joyful voice and the Emerald Witch's respectful voice rang out.
Tang Zheng looked at the curtain Anri had lifted and gazed at the fortress walls gradually emerging in the rain and mist, "A blockhouse? That's about it."
He shook his head.
"Not incorporating the city wall blockhouse into the national territory doesn't make for a truly solid fortress." Tang Zheng withdrew his gaze and spoke indifferently.
"Lord, have you finished your alchemy research?" Anri, seeing Tang Zheng, who was usually immersed in research and rarely appeared, was filled with joy.
"Alchemy can never be fully researched."
Tang Zheng smiled and reached out to rub Anri's chestnut-gold hair, "Some things are endless, but we can rest for a while recently."
"That's wonderful."
Anri felt the warm palm and a satisfied smile appeared on her face, "Lord is always working so hard, it must be tiring."
"It's better to work hard now than later."
Tang Zheng extended his index finger and gently tapped Anri's forehead, then looked at the Emerald Witch beside her, "Have you adapted?"
"I have completely mastered it, Lord."
The Emerald Witch immediately opened her mouth respectfully, understanding that Tang Zheng was asking about the powerful force she felt when transforming into the "Forest Sage King."
Her aura had indeed stabilized a lot.
Tang Zheng glanced at the Emerald Witch and nodded almost imperceptibly.
"Woof!"
Outside the carriage, the Evil Spirit Dog let out a low growl, its voice filled with affection and a hint of warning, and then the carriage's speed gradually began to slow down.
"Finally here... the Holy Kingdom." Tang Zheng looked at the city walls outside the carriage that were becoming clearer, and thought to himself.
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